David Byrne Quotes

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing - it can't fly.

I'm just not a quitter and I just never, ever give up. I was forced to adapt because if I didn't, I was losing inspiration only doing what I was doing.

Birds are settling down for the night, singing lullabies to their young.

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots.

If I cannot fly, let me sing.

Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.

A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'

The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers.

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.

For me, a life without expectation results in a life with inspiration.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

You're going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you're going to want to keep going, and you're going to keep believing and that's the kind of artist I am.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Those who lose dreaming are lost.