David Byrne Credits Music Making as His Life Saver: 'I Feel Less Alone'

David Byrne thanked music for helping him overcome his fears while feeling a little less lonely.

Byrne recently opened up about his decades-worth of music-making in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. The singer graced the podcast following the success of his concert film, "American Utopia."

Elsewhere in the conversation, Byrne talked about how music helped him feel less alone. According to the 69-year-old musician, many artists like him indeed felt like being an outsider when they were younger. Byrne explained that, amid all self-doubts, he has to help himself and figure out what can help him feel happier.

"Music and playing with other musicians does help with that. The stage and maybe the recording studio, or just writing at home, those were safe areas. I felt like I could do whatever, say whatever, write things, perform, do all that. I was allowed to do that there," he said.

Byrne also told Lowe that making music, for him, is very liberating. Though he is already friendly enough, he noted that it took him decades before managing to fully adapt to the challenges he faced.

David Byrne Less Lonely With New Song

Following the success of his music and other projects, he recently collaborated with Australian pop artist, Montaigne, to work on the new song "Always Be You."

As reported by Pitchfork, Montaigne expressed how grateful she is to have the chance to work with Byrne.

"After my current show was safely up and running I checked out her new and old songs and quickly responded, yes! How could I have not been aware of this person? Someone I imagine might occasionally get labeled 'quirky'-as I often am," she said.

In other related news, Byrne spoke up about the negative effect of cultural advancement on music, saying it would surely hinder musicians' creativity for years. The former Talking Heads leader said that most people would still opt to listen to music for free than subscribe to paid platforms.

Unfortunately, this made musicians rely on releasing digital music as the pandemic canceled live shows.

In the end, he noted that most people always say music saved their life. But Byrne reminded everyone to do something in order to keep that lifesaver available for the young consumers and future generations.

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