“I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song.”
“I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song.”
David Byrne
“According to the science writer Philip Ball, when it was pointed out to musicologist Deryck Cookethat Slavic and much Spanish music use minor keys for happy music, he claimed that their liveswere so hard that they didn’t really know what happiness was anyway.”
David Byrne“I don't care how impossible it seems.”
David Byrne“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?”
David Byrne“I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.”
David Byrne“I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.”
David Byrne“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.”
David Byrne“There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.”
David Byrne“On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town.”
David Byrne“You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.”
David Byrne“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.”
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