The problem is having the fox in charge of the henhouse.


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The arts don't exist in isolation.
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There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide ex...
DAVID BYRNE
Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.
DAVID BYRNE
Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown...
DAVID BYRNE
Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It cle...
DAVID BYRNE
You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.
DAVID BYRNE
You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.
DAVID BYRNE
Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away f...
DAVID BYRNE
Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.
DAVID BYRNE
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.
DAVID THEWLIS
I've had an awful lot of good fortune.
DAVID CASSIDY
Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is.
DAVID CASSIDY
What happened to me during the last couple of years of 'The Partridge Family' was I became s...
DAVID CASSIDY
There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives.
DAVID CASSIDY
You can't be 24 again; you can't be new when you're 40 years old.
DAVID CASSIDY
Most people view success by the results, and I don't.
DAVID CASSIDY
I think of my career as something apart from myself.
DAVID CASSIDY
You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft...
DAVID CASSIDY
I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lo...
DAVID CASSIDY
Let me tell you, 10,000 is an intimate room. Believe me. I want to be able to connect to everybody i...
DAVID CASSIDY
When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vigne...
DAVID CASSIDY
Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved is...
DAVID CASSIDY
I gave up my whole life to my career.
DAVID CASSIDY
Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing.
DAVID CASSIDY
There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become ...
DAVID CASSIDY
It's always nice to have people love you, but I'd just like to be judged fairly.
DAVID CASSIDY
It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, ...
DAVID CASSIDY
If people respond to the songs, whether they love you or hate you, then you've really done your ...
DAVID CASSIDY
Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: '...
DAVID CASSIDY
I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.
DAVID CASSIDY
I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.
DAVID CASSIDY
Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they we...
DAVID CASSIDY