I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible. '
It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary
Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can never again think of the people of that culture as less than yourself. I would like to believe that if I am deeply moved by a song originating from some place other than my own homeland, then I have in some way shared an experience with the people of that culture. I have been pleasantly contaminated. I can identify in some small way with it and its people.
Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it?David Byrne: I would get something to eat.
I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort. You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education.
A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it almost seem like a live teacher.
I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.
I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.
I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I'd imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them.