A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I … - David Byrne

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Because if it weren’t for me, Lena and Alex would never have been caught at all. I told on them. I was jealous.

David Byrne

A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else--and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on this book doesn't "spoil" enjoyment- it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music.

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I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary

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Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can never again think of the people of that culture as less than yourself. I would like to believe that if I am deeply moved by a song originating from some place other than my own homeland, then I have in some way shared an experience with the people of that culture. I have been pleasantly contaminated. I can identify in some small way with it and its people.

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Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it?David Byrne: I would get something to eat.

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I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.

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Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort. You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education.

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