David Byrne Quotes

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

I always want to keep challenging myself to do something that I don't even have the foresight to know what it's going to be.

I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.

You've got to embrace what you don't know.

It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice.

I like challenges, and thus, I keep trying something different and new every time. And these challenges and interests turn into passion.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but while I'm doing it, I'm just a happy little moron - that's how my girlfriend describes me. The fact that nothing might happen with those things is not the point. The point is, I'm doing new things, and I have a good feeling in my soul.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

When I can't do something, this always impels me to study it.

I don't know what the future holds. I just try to do roles that I haven't done before.

I will never stop questioning. I will never stop wanting more and discovering other things and wanting to do other things. That will always be a part of me, and it's something I've come to terms with.

I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.

I can only put myself in the process and try to learn through the process. Sometimes it will go well and sometimes it won't.

It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.

I like being challenged. That's the only way you grow.

There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.

I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.

For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster.

I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.

Exploring many different avenues, especially setting new challenges, has always fueled my passion for learning something new.

I try every day to do something that I've never done before or make some sound that I've never made before.

Every year is a roller coaster. I've enjoyed the struggle of having new coaches and having to prove myself over again. Being able to figure out ways to solve problems, to overcome obstacles - that's been fun.

Part of our human nature is finding new ways of being.