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Apr 2, 2021 · David Byrne has what he describes as "mild asperges". Through his art with Talking Heads, True Stories and American Utopia, he has changed Autism's perception.
Aug 9, 2019 · David Byrne, ex-frontman of Talking Heads talks about his experiences with being on the autism spectrum. He discusses how it makes him be able to hyperfocus on certain things and how he views...
Sep 29, 2023 · David Byrne and the autistic euphoria of Stop Making Sense. As an anniversary restoration of Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads' landmark concert film hits cinemas, it remains a landmark in autistic representation on screen.
Nov 1, 2023 · Byrne opens up about filming the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense and says the band's hit song "Burning Down the House" is a compilation of "non-sequiturs that have a kind of emotional impact...
David Byrne ( / bɜːrn /; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads .
Jun 5, 2021 · At the time, Byrne wasn’t aware that he was autistic. His self-diagnosis in his mid-‘60s led the autistic community — to which this writer belongs — to re-examine a movie that had already...
ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne discusses his realisation that he has (what was then known as) Asperger syndrome in this 2012 interview clip from the B...
Sep 13, 2022 · Years ago, Byrne self-diagnosed himself as being on the autism spectrum. The suggestion came first from his friend, Darcy Lee , who ran a gift shop. She had watched the behavior others labeled...
Sep 12, 2021 · David Byrne is an important role model to the autistic community because of how he sees his autism as a superpower even, and he doesn’t let people bring him down and/or change his views about...
Nov 26, 1984 · Byrne has a withdrawn, disembodied, sci-fi quality, and though there’s something unknowable and almost autistic about him, he makes autism fun. He gives the group its modernism—the undertone of repressed hysteria, which he somehow blends with freshness and adventurousness and a driving beat.
