David Byrne

David Byrne (born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-born American musician who was the founding member, principal songwriter, and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, active between 1975 and 1991.

Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction and non-fiction. He has received an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Early life

David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, to parents Tom (from Lambhill, Glasgow) and Emma. He is the elder of two children. Two years later, his parents moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then to Arbutus, Maryland, in the United States, when he was 8 or 9 years old. His father worked as an electronics engineer.

Before high school, Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin. He was rejected from his middle school's choir because they claimed he was "off-key and too withdrawn". From a young age, he had a strong interest in music. His parents say that he would constantly play his phonograph from age three and he learned how to play the harmonica at age five. In his journals he says, "I was a peculiar young man—borderline Asperger's, I would guess". Byrne is left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed.

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David Byrne (playwright)

David Byrne is a British playwright and artistic director of the New Diorama Theatre in London.

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David Byrne (Australian politician)

David Edward Byrne (born 20 January 1952) is an Australian activist and politician. A former Augustinian monk and Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, he later moved to Cape York, became an advocate for Aboriginal land rights and co-founded the Cape York Land Council with Noel Pearson.

Byrne was born in Sydney and was educated at St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Villanova College in Brisbane. He initially entered the Augustinian seminary and became a monk for five years, but later studied teaching at the University of Queensland. A member of the state executive of the Young Liberals, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1974 state election amidst the National-Liberal landslide of that year. At 22, he was at that time the state's youngest ever MLA, and he graduated from university during his term.

He caused particular controversy when, in 1974, he asked in Parliament why earlier recommendations of an investigating police officer to charge then-Labor Senate nominee Mal Colston with arson had not been proceeded with. Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen then sought to appoint Albert Field instead, thus sparking the 1975 constitutional crisis. Rae Wear notes in her biography of Bjelke-Petersen that Byrne received 'very bad publicity' over the incident. His electorate was abolished at the 1977 election; he ran for re-election but was defeated.

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Famous quotes by David Byrne:

"To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware."
"As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive -- and it still informs other kinds of music."
"Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good."
"Consumers now clearly want copper-fastened guarantees that these controls are being implemented,"
"It is the price which must be paid to restore public confidence in our commitment to protect public health."
"This is a major breakthrough that will provide consumers with much needed protection and rights,"
"I expect that we will achieve consensus on Monday,"
"There may be some amendments here or there, but as long as the proposal that has been announced remains substantially intact, I will be happy."
"very foolish to underestimate the potential for the disease to spread."
"The consumers' trust has been eroded and the EU must restore public confidence in its food science and controls,"

David Byrne

ALBUMS

Here Lies Love

Released 2014

Love This Giant

Released 2012

Live at Carnegie Hall

Released 2012

Here Lies Love

Released 2010

Big Love: Hymnal

Released 2008

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Released 2008

Grown Backwards

Released 2004

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Released 2003

Look Into the Eyeball

Released 2001

In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

Released 1999

Girls on My Mind

Released 1994

Uh-oh

Released 1992

The Forest

Released 1991

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Released 1989

Rei Momo

Released 1989

Music for The Knee Plays

Released 1985

2001-8-28: Georgia Theatre: Athens, Georgia

Live from Austin, Texas

This Sensuous World

A Head Talks Alone

No Titles Please

1998-10-13: Sessions at West 54th: Sony Music Studios, West 54th Street, New York City, NY, USA

Unplugged

The Visible Man

An Acoustic Evening

Between the Teeth

Unplugged + More

The Catherine Wheel

Feelings

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Finite = alright

by: David Byrne

Three-hundred-fifty cities in the world
Just thirty teeth inside of our heads
These are the limits to our experience
It's scary but it's alright
And everything is finite
Only one record, in this whole wide world
Where Jimi Hendrix sings House Burning Down
Another Elvis will not come along
He got wasted but it's alright
And everything is finite
Yeah, wasted - it's alright
Everything is finite
I'm just a baby in my daddy's arms
Who will protect me from these women's charms
I'm six foot tall but I barely speak
My - mind goes crazy when the taste is sweet
Well we've known each other, eight years and twenty days
It's - terrifying, it's beautiful too
Things have an end
But feeling is infinite
We're changing but it's alright
And everything is finite
Yeah, changing's alright




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Hear from local candidates: Nonpartisan coalition hosts interviews for April 8 election

Springfield News-Leader 24 Mar 2025
Candidates for Ozark mayor Donald Currence, David Snider, and Eddie Campbell participated in the interviews ... Candidates for Springfield school board Kelly Byrne, Sarah Hough, David Myers, and Gail Smart participated in the interviews.March 27.
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Little Simz to play one-off orchestral show at London’s Meltdown 2025 as first line-up announced

NME 24 Mar 2025
... Centre in the past, including David Bowie, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Grace Jones, Christine and the Queens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Smith, David Byrne, Yoko Ono, Anohni, Massive Attack and Jarvis Cocker.
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Tyrone demolish the Dubs but slip down to second tier

RTE 23 Mar 2025
Goalkeeper Niall Morgan came off his line to contest David Byrne’s booming delivery, but the ball was held up in the wind, and Con O’Callaghan gathered on the 20 metre line to turn and plant the ball in an empty net.
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Kildare overcome dogged Antrim to claim Division 3 top spot

RTE 23 Mar 2025
Cian Burke; Harry O'Neill, Mick O'Grady, Brian Byrne; Ryan Houlihan, James McGrath, David Hyland; Callum Bolton 0-02, Aaron Masterson; Cathal Hagney, Alex Beirne 0-06 (2ptf, 1f), Colm Dalton 0-02; ...
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St. Vincent to release “sinister” new single ‘DOA’ from A24’s ‘Death Of A Unicorn’, starring ...

NME 20 Mar 2025
St ... Read More. St. Vincent ... You can listen to a snippet below ... Elsewhere, Annie Clark also recently teamed up with David Byrne and Arcade Fire for a rendition of David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes’ during the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Saturday Night Live ... .
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Campaign ads for 2 of 4 SPS school board candidates start running Monday on KY3

Springfield News-Leader 20 Mar 2025
Video. School board candidates address teacher turnover during forum ... Kelly Byrne and David Myers are also vying for the two open seats on the seven-member governing body ... Byrne, managing partner of Say You Can LLC, is the sole incumbent on the ballot.
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Cuala and Errigal Ciaran dominate Club Team of the Year selection with Tyrone star shortlisted for Player of the Year

Yahoo Daily News 19 Mar 2025
The Cuala winners are the O’Callaghan brothers - Con and Niall - Michael Fitzsimons, young defender Charlie McMorrow, Dublin midfielder Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne and wing back David O’Dowd ... David O’Dowd (Cuala, Dublin).
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Kilkerrin-Clonberne and Cuala dominate club teams of the year

RTE 19 Mar 2025
Kilkerrin-Clonberne and Cuala dominate the ladies and men's AIB GAA football club championship teams of the year ... Kilkerrin-Clonberne reigned supreme before Christmas ... David O'Dowd (Cuala, Dublin). Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne (Cuala, Dublin).
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Suiting is no longer an old boys’ club: How women can rock menswear like Melania ...

New York Post 19 Mar 2025
Ladies, it’s time to suit up ... Olga Ginzburg for NY Post ... Not anymore.” ... 15 ... “Getting a massive, David Byrne-type jacket — we’re not going to be wearing that for 10 years, and it’s not attractive on everyone,” she said.
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James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, 'Fire & Rain'

The Manila Times 18 Mar 2025
Taylor will join such pop and rock luminaries as Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, The Go-Gos, Sting,Alanis Morissette, Dave Stewart, Edie Brickell, Trey Anastasio, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim and Bono and The Edge with Broadway scores.
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James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, ‘Fire & Rain’

Manila Bulletin 18 Mar 2025
Taylor will join such pop and rock luminaries as Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, The Go-Gos, Sting,Alanis Morissette, Dave Stewart, Edie Brickell, Trey Anastasio, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim and Bono and The Edge with Broadway scores.
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As two burglars are convicted of stealing a £4.8m lavatory from the Duke of Marlborough's ...

The Daily Mail 18 Mar 2025
He was also pictured among the VIP mourners at the funeral of Byrne's brother David, shot dead in 2016 by a hitman from the rival Hutch gang, at a Dublin boxing match weigh-in.
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Researching the April election? Here are our stories about Springfield's school board race

Springfield News-Leader 17 Mar 2025
Kelly Byrne, the sole incumbent, and Sarah Hough, David Myers and Gail Smart, who are all running for the first time ... introductory columns.Kelly Byrne ... She has two children in the district.David Myers.
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James Taylor songs will fuel upcoming stage musical

Chicago Sun-Times 17 Mar 2025
Taylor will join such pop and rock luminaries as Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, The Go-Gos, Sting, Alanis Morissette, Dave Stewart, Edie Brickell, Trey Anastasio, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim and Bono and The Edge with Broadway scores.
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James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, ‘Fire & Rain'

NBC Bay Area 17 Mar 2025
Taylor will join such pop and rock luminaries as Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, The Go-Gos, Sting,Alanis Morissette, Dave Stewart, Edie Brickell, Trey Anastasio, David Byrne and ...

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