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David Byrne

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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I'm a Man, You Don't Get It Very Much, People Do

There was a period where were all these nonsense cylables were absolutely a part of lots of songs. You don't get it very much, people do. It was a real sort of arms race of who can have the most distinctive back up vocal song sound. What did id you think you were going to do with your life when you didn't expect to become a professional musician? I'd gone to art school, so my actual ambition was to become a fine artist, to exhibit in galleries and do something along those lines," he says.

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