"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."
-David Byrne
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"I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'“
-David Byrne
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"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?"
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"Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style."
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-Gilbert K. Chesterton
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