"A lot of that worked itself out in the recording."

-- David Byrne

“Whatever is in common is true; but likeness is false.”
“Sometimes we have to prove to others we're strong even where we're not.”
“I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to thing about it.”
“God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy. Because of this extraordinary consciousness and this great ability for wonder and marvel, and without denying any of the terrors and horrors of the world, we also have an obligation toward joy and toward miracle and excitement.”
“You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound check or go to the pool.”

Source : "Listen: New Walkmen: 'Heaven'". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. April 16, 2012.
“You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.”
“The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust.”
“The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember.”

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