If you value your creative freedom, you might have to do other work on the side, to make a living, Byrne explains: “Often the artists who are very successful don’t have much flexibility. In achieving success they lose a lot of their creative freedom. They have to keep making the same thing, more or less, over and over again.”

The Scottish award-winning musician David Byrne (b.1952), who was a founding member and principal songwriter in the American New Wave band Talking Heads, has also released numerous solo recordings, and worked across various media, including film, photography, opera, and non-fiction.

David Byrne was interviewed by Pernille Jensen at Falconer Salen in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 2013.

Camera: Nikolaj Jungersen & Martin Kogi
Edited by: Martin Kogi
Music by: David Byrne
Produced by: Marc-Christoph Wagner
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2013

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