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David Byrne on How Music Connects Us

The Science of Happiness

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Are You on a Road to Nowhere?

The last song that you sing is, we're on a road to nowhere. You know, n it's your mix ore of absolute joy and billiance and delight and, you know, a little bit of absurdity, if you will. And i'm just, where do you think we're on our road to? Wherere you on a road toh,. It's funny that that song, people, if they look at just the text, yes, they sometimes think, this is really depressing. But with music, you can reframe it as being the joy in the present moment, the joy in being alive.

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