Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

I should watch network television, or daytime television, because I'm not sure who all these people are who keep getting referred to in blogs and newspapers. I better get myself culturally attuned.

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

Another Elvis will not come along. He got wasted, but it's alright.

Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?

As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive - and it still informs other kinds of music.