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To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I've never had writer's block.

We tend to mistake music for the physical object.

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while.

David Byrne