“According to the science writer Philip Ball, when it was pointed out to musicologist Deryck Cooke that Slavic and much Spanish music use minor keys for happy music, he claimed that their lives were so hard that they didn’t really know what happiness was anyway.” MusicTalking HeadsSlavic PeoplesHow Music WorksDavid Byrne Author:David Byrne
“Music eats its young and gives birth to a new hybrid creature.” MusicCreativityTalking HeadsMusic HistoryDavid Byrne Author:David Byrne
“But since death is inevitable we don’t have to deal with it (it’ll deal with us when it decides to). What we do have to deal with is the psychic, physical, and fusion diseases wrought during our so-called lives as byproducts of the elemental clash. In other words we’re all terminally psychotic and no doctor, hospital, pill, needle, book or guru holds the cure. Because the disease is called life and there is no cure for that but death and death’s just part of the set-up designed to keep you terrified and thus in bondage from the cradle to the crypt so ha ha the joke’s on you except there’s no punchline and the comedian forgot you ever existed as even a comma.” Talking HeadsFear Of Music Author:Lester Bangs
“And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well... how did I get here?" Letting the days go by...” Talking HeadsExistentialism Meaning In Life Author:David Byrne
“My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.” TalkingBandMy FavoriteCuresFavorite BandsTalking Heads Author:Analeigh Tipton
“I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.” IfsDoeDifferentSometimesWantedArtistOpportunityTalkingOffersProjectsLateAlbumsProductionsWork OutAdmireInstance80sTalking Heads Author:Todd Rundgren
“I don't want to spend my entire life drawing talking heads. It seems like a waste of everyone's time.” WantSeemsTalkingWasteDrawingTalking Heads Author:Bryan Lee O'Malley
“By the time Talking Heads were starting, my feeling was to throw out everything and start from scratch onstage; strip it down to as close to zero as you can get and then you can make it yours.” FeelingsTalkingStartingZeroScratchesTalking Heads Author:David Byrne
“The Islamophobia phobes, (ph) the writers and the editors and the talking heads who deny an existence of evil while blaming those who speak up. There no difference - different than the apologists for communism. As communism killed millions, they, they denied it.” DifferentEvilSpeakDifferencesExistenceTalkingMillionsBlameDenyCommunismEditorsDeniedIslamophobiaTalking Heads Author:Greg Gutfeld
“The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?” IfsIdeasTodayJesusSpeakHoursTalkingTroubleTelevisionBritishNot InterestedTalking HeadsBritish Television Author:John Cleese
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe
“One of the challenges was to make a cinematic movie about literally talking heads and to try to make it feel like something you want to see in a theater.” WantFeelsTryingChallengesTalkingTheaterLike SomethingCinematicTalking Heads Author:Morgan Neville
“The thing I've learned traveling through the United States is that the people in each city are usually awesome, it's generally the 'talking heads' that give us trouble.” PeopleGivingStatesUnitedCitiesTalkingUnited StatesTroubleI've LearnedThings I've LearnedTalking Heads Author:Christopher Sieber
“If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head. And talking heads run things. That's part of the reason why we're in such a sad state as a planet, because it's all about thinking, and thinking has led to a lot of aggrandizement - taking over [resources] and figuring out how you can steal and leaving people and the planet in an impoverished state.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayStatesReasonUseRunningAbilityTalkingPlanetsResourcesEncouragementLeavingStealingReason WhyTalking Heads Author:Alice Walker
“I don't think that the punk sound really became the punk sound until much later. The punk era wasn't really just one musical sound. There are a lot of differences among Television, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads.” ThinkingSoundDifferencesTalkingTelevisionMusicalErasJust OnePunkRamonesTalking Heads Author:Debbie Harry
“I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it's as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium. They're printing the comics so small that most strips are just talking heads, and if you look back at the glory days of comic strips, you can see that they were showcases for some of the best pop art ever to come out.” IfsThinkingWayLooksArtTalkingGloryPopsNewspapersTreatedMediumsComicGoing OutPublishersPrintingPop ArtComic StripsShowcaseTalking HeadsGlory Days Author:Matt Groening
“There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can go through a whole film and it's mostly talking heads and little else until the action scenes, and they're usually violence or physical stuff. Same with baseball, or any sport. Except I find pitching and batting are visually very striking.” LittlesWholeActionFilmStuffSportsInterestingTalkingViolenceSceneGunBaseballDrawingPitchingBattingTalking Heads Author:Raymond Pettibon
“I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more of a hybrid - a different style of filmmaking to what I call talking head movies. Some people don't get it. Especially the more academic types.” PeopleDifferentFilmTalkingModernStyleTypeSilentCinemaAcademicFilmmakingHybridKinshipDifferent StylesTalking HeadsSilent Films Author:George Lucas
“Life is a musical influence in my experience. But as far as actual music and actual bands, uh, I'll just look at my little collection here. Let's see. Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, U2, The Talking Heads, Prince and the Revolution, Michael Jackson's Thriller was a huge one.” LooksLittlesLife IsTalkingInfluenceHugeRevolutionBandMusicalCollectionsBobDylanThrillersTalking HeadsMusical Influence Author:Jeremy Enigk
“I hear all the time that 'unemployment is greatly reduced, but the people aren't feeling it.' When the media, talking heads, the White House and Wall Street start reporting the truth - the percent of Americans in good jobs; jobs that are full time and real - then we will quit wondering why Americans aren't 'feeling' something that doesn't remotely reflect the reality in their lives. And we will also quit wondering what hollowed out the middle class.” PeopleRealFeelingsRealityJobsHouseWhiteTalkingWonderClassStreetsMiddleMediaWallPercentQuittingMiddle ClassWhite HouseUnemploymentGood JobNotableTalking Heads Author:Jim Clifton
“Even if it's a "talking head documentary" about a social movement or something along those lines, I've always thought of editing the timing and the sense of the piece for the theatrical experience.” IfsSocialLinesTalkingPiecesMovementTimingEditingDocumentariesTheatricalSocial MovementsTalking Heads Author:Robert Greene
“I've seen my kids' work at school, and I think they're better than when I was young, 'cause I was brainwashed into anti-Communism. This is a much more interesting view of history than I've ever seen, and I hope to God it works. It's classic history, classically told. No talking heads. Just pure archival footage and a storyline.” ThinkingKidsSchoolYoungCausesInterestingViewsTalkingPureCommunismClassicWorking ItBrainwashedStorylineTalking HeadsAnti Communism Author:Oliver Stone
“After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.” ThinkingMadeTwoShowsWantedMovingHouseFeltTalkingStyleCollegeTvsMomLoversShotsSeasonsPaidLifetimeMade ItPilotsMoving OutTalking Heads Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has, or any talking head on TV has. And they're pretty sophisticated.” PeopleKnowsTalkingTvsMetsSophisticatedColumnistsTalking Heads Author:Barack Obama
“The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.” StatesBigsUnitedTalkingUnited StatesGroupsMilitaryMajorsPresidencyBig BusinessTalking Heads Author:Julian Assange
“The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.” ThinkingBelieveLittlesGuyTalkingPlansRiskAmountTruth IsRewardsAverageSpreadGiantsInvestorsMaximumBillionaireBackupTalking HeadsBackup Plan Author:Tony Robbins
“We need saints; we need this head - this talking head - to communicate. Every single religion you have people that go in-between, that can talk to god or communicate ideas. Then there are the talking heads in the news every time we watch TV. No matter how complex, you still need a person there to tell you what happened: a storyteller of sorts. I find that fascinating that we feel so attached to this primitive mode of connection, this primitive interface to the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsFeelsPersonsStillsIdeasMatterTalkingWatchesHappenedTvsNewsConnectionsComplexesSaintCommunicateFascinatingPrimitiveStorytellerInterfacesTalking Heads Author:Vik Muniz
“I can't think of any musician or producer who has influenced me more than Brian Eno. From when he was in Roxy Music, producing Devo, the Talking Heads and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.” ThinkingI CanTalkingMusicianGhostProducersBrianTalking Heads Author:Moby
“One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.” GivingMomentsSeemsTalkingIssuesHeardVictoryThirdsElectionDebateSubstancePresidentialAlsSurrealGoreTalking HeadsSurreal Moments Author:Bradley Whitford
“So I make no effort to hide my pain. I don’t ever put it all on display like this—but for today and all the rest of the days of the trial, I must. My every flinch, every flicker of pain, will be magnified a hundred times over, then dissected by the pundits and talking heads. But I’m told it’s necessary; the world needs to see me vulnerable and wounded. I cannot appear not to care or to lack remorse, but that removes a crucial component of my self- defense mechanism and leaves me bleeding for all the world to see. I suppose that’s rather the point.” WorldNeedsSelfCareTodayPainEffortTalkingHundredDefenseTrialsVulnerableRemoveCrucialMechanismDisplayWoundedRemorseComponentsLeaving MeBleedingSelf DefenseFlickerPunditsDefense MechanismsTalking Heads Author:Ann Aguirre
“On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls’ sports were to blame. Then they cut to a commercial featuring a sexy college coed vacuuming her dorm room in her underwear.” IfsHandsValuesGirlSportsRoomsTalkingCuttingCollegeTvsBlameSexyTraditionalFeminineUnderwearDormsTalking HeadsDorm RoomsCoed Author:Libba Bray
“This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.” PartyExpressionDiscoFooling AroundTalking Heads Book:What the songs look like Source: What the songs look like
“The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be” KnowsWantLastsArtistNextTalkingSmoothTalking Heads Author:Isaac Mizrahi
“I mean, the trouble with some of the kind of relationship movies I've done, is there's only so many ways you can shoot a conversation. I was really tired of talking heads.” WayKindMeanDoneTalkingTroubleConversationTiredTalking Heads Author:Lawrence Kasdan
“When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.” ThinkingMenTalkingMusicDance MusicThinking ManHead StartTalking Heads Author:Tina Weymouth
“I don't want the stage. I'm terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a very important movement.” WantGivingImportantTalkingStageMovementExcuseDistractionTerrifiedJeopardizeTalking Heads Author:Edward Snowden
“There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.” PeopleMenBitsTalkingStreetsAverageShut UpQualifiedAverage ManPunditsTalking Heads Author:Kevin Bacon