The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.
David ByrneNinety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.
David ByrneThe imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
David ByrneFor years we have been taught not to like things. Finally somebody said it was OK to like things. This was a great relief. It was getting hard to go around not liking everything.
David ByrneMy favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.
David Byrne