David Byrne Quotes
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.'
Byrne, David. Interview. The New York Times, 2018.
building brain injury treatment facilities on military bases to care for wounded soldiers. Fisher raised the money and built several major medical facilities on military bases while Congress was in Gridlock over raising and reforming taxes desired by the Democrats and cutting of government spending desired by the Republicans with no compromise as a large proportion of the Republicans had signed a pledge never to vote for increased taxes regardless of the need and the Democrats would not make all the cuts that would affect the poor, ill, and middle class unless there was a balance with raising taxes.
David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, and filmmaker, who was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.
