David Byrne Quotes
The better the singer's voice is, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I turn my weaknesses into an advantage.
Quotes to Explore
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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American audiences are great. They get what I am doing, but as my band will tell you, nowhere tops the Irish audience. They are just brilliant. They are very open, but the Americans and Spanish come a close second.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.
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I will run against anybody.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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If you request for a little time to fulfill a commitment, you're accused of being arrogant. I repeat, I've achieved nothing to be arrogant about.
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I'm not a trained chef, so I end up making stuff up. It either turns out brilliant or an absolute disaster. I just go for it.
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I believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're likely to connect with that flow.
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The better the singer's voice is, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I turn my weaknesses into an advantage.
