David Byrne

Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

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.