David Byrne is an inno­va­tor of music, film and visual arts.

Byrne was born in Dum­b­ar­ton, Scot­land, in 1952. When he was two years old, the fam­ily relo­cated to Hamil­ton, Ontario.

Around 1960, the fam­ily moved to Arbu­tus, a sub­urb at the south­west cor­ner of Bal­ti­more where Byrne spent his for­ma­tive years. Byrne grad­u­ated from Lans­downe High School and attended Mary­land Insti­tute Col­lege of Art for a year. He once said that the song “And She Was” is about a Bal­ti­more girl trip­ping on LSD.

Byrne attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where he met Chris Frantz and Tina Wey­mouth, who along with Jerry Har­ri­son became Talk­ing Heads.

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Once in a Lifetime

And She Was

(Noth­ing but) Flowers

Burn­ing Down the House

Wild Wild Life

Life Dur­ing Wartime