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“Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use.”

David Byrne

Source: Bicycle Diaries

“I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.”

David Byrne

From his film True Stories

“It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.”

David Byrne

On the music of Talking Heads, from Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Albums