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David Byrne Quote: 'I remember talking with Arcade Fire ...'

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Profession: Musician
Nationality: Scottish
Birthday: May 14, 1952

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During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq - 'You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.' And I thought, 'Well those poems did their job, because now they'll think about everything a little bit differently.'

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In 1969, 'Life' magazine came up to me and said they wanted to do a little story on the Hobie, and I ended up getting a six-page spread. I remember Robert Redford was on the cover, and when that magazine hit the stands, it was a whole new ballgame.

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Arcade Fire has such intimacy and epic-ness, at the same time, and that's really inspiring.

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