I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table in a restaurant.
David ByrneI resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.
David ByrneThere's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior.
David ByrneIt's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.
David ByrneWhat's been missing from digital music sales has been the possibility of added depth. In a printed package one can only include so many images and so much text - for example - but digitally it's wide open. For the most part at the moment we get less information for slightly less money - though we could be getting a lot more.
David Byrne