That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

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 couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Whatever you get out of poetry - take it. take it. take it. Words are better off felt than understood.

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

So, then, there abide these three, Aristotle, Longinus, and Coleridge.

The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.

The beliefs which we have most warrant for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.

Somewhere along the line, I conditioned myself to be a quick thinker. I take a step back and try to assess the situation, then make the best decision possible at the moment.

A woman gets stretch marks from one of two things. Either she was big and got small or she was small and got big.

Faith in a higher power helps us to control our mind and thoughts.

In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.