Sublime

I also realized then that it was possible to mix ironic humor with sincerity in performance.

The disenfranchised and invisible could be heard with this new machine.

I’d done was move the songs to a new context. Because I performed them more energetically than the standard folk artist might present his own material, people listened, or maybe they were just stunned at the audacity of a precocious teenager.

musical partnerships have often led me to places I might not otherwise

Byrne is also the author of an astute book titled How Music Works,