David Byrne admits Talking Heads split “wasn’t handled well”
completemusicupdate.coman interview to People magazine in which he admits that the ending of Talking Heads “wasn’t handled well – it was kind of ugly”.“As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around”, he adds. “When I was working on some Talking Heads shows, I was more of a little tyrant.
And then I learned to relax, and I also learned that collaborating with people, both sides get more if there’s a good relationship instead of me telling everybody what to do”.Confirming he now has “regrets” regarding the way in which he departed Talking Heads, he says: “I don’t think I did it in the best way, but I think it was kind of inevitable that would happen anyway.
We have a cordial relationship now. We’re sort of in touch, but we don’t hang out together”.Except at film festivals in Toronto, of course.
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