David Byrne Quotes

I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters are, but they're all in general usage.

People have always said since TV was invented what a cultural wasteland it is but I think it is the worst and the best. It is the golden age of television.

Reality TV has taken over.

I can't imagine having a conversation about 'Celebrity Big Brother' in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Everyone always wants to talk about 'True Blood' and 'Battlestar Galactica' - no one's even interested in 'Durham County.' It blew my mind when I came to Canada and no one asked me about the show. So many people didn't even know about it. They didn't even know it was on the air! It's very curious to me.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

'The Piano' ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.

I don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's important that children can relate to what their schoolmates are watching.

Everyone is an expert on T.V., just as he is on education; everyone has some education and a T.V. set.

Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?

Ninety-nine percent of television shows, I've never seen.

I've grown up watching 'BQC' and 'KBC' and that's really serious stuff.

I've got 'Lost' and '24' on TiVo. And I'm an 'American Idol' fan.

The scariest thing about reality TV is having all new characters that you have to be introduced to.

I just don't like reality TV.

I read 'Tiger Beat' and 'Bop' from the time I was 9, 10, 11 years old. I loved movies. I saw 'E.T.' seven times. I used to yell at people who called me when 'L.A. Law' was on because they should know better. So I just have been so in love with the business of Hollywood since I can remember.

TV shows about TV were taboo for a while.

I was never interested in reality shows or dance shows, as they have become so common.

I don't even know what is popular.

I love TV and am happy doing TV shows.

The entertainment industry has an effect on social consciousness.

I think pop culture has always influenced society.

Television has power.

When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.