I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.
I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.
Author: David Byrne
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
I've rarely kept my distance from kind of – I don't know if we can call it politics but kind of civic engagement and that kind of thing except I tended to think 'Well do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'
I've rarely kept my distance from kind of – I don't know if we can call it politics but kind of civic engagement and that kind of thing except I tended to think 'Well do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'
There'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.
There'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.
Ninety 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.
Ninety 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.
So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.
So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.
There's more good music being made now than ever before.
There's more good music being made now than ever before.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing for the most part.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing for the most part.
I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.
I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.
We tend to mistake music for the physical object.
We tend to mistake music for the physical object.
I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.
I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.
People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music I guess and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.
People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music I guess and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.