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David Byrne Wiki Biography

David Byrne was born on the 14th May 1952, in Dumbarton, Scotland, UK, and is a musician, composer and music producer, well known for founding the band of new wave and world beat entitled Talking Heads in 1974. For his work as a composer of soundtracks, he has received an Oscar and the Golden Globe Awards, and been rewarded with several Grammys. Along with other the members of Talking Heads, Byrne was inducted in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

How much is the net worth of David Byrne? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the total size of his wealth is as much as $55 million, as of the data given at the end of 2017. Music is the main source of Byrne’s wealth, having been active in the entertainment industry since 1974.

To begin with, Byrne and his younger sister moved to Canada, and then the USA with their parents when he was seven. Byrne became interested in music in his early years, yet was rejected from choir in the middle school because of being “off – key”. David was educated at Lansdowne High School, then studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and later at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Concerning his professional career, Byrne created Talking Heads with two classmates – Tina Weymouth and Chriz Fantz – in 1974. The group performed stylistically diverse new wave rock with numerous outside influences of funk, classical minimalism, African rhythms and others. By the time of the release of their last album in 1988, 10 albums of the group had entered the Billboard 200, and Talking Heads had become one of the most respected music groups. The band officially lasted until 1991, but five years later they gathered again as The Heads (without Byrne), and recorded the album “No Talking, Just Head”. Regardless, Byrne’s net worth had risen substantially.

Besides his work with Talking Heads, Byrne co-produced an album of art rock called “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” (1981). He has also composed tracks for such artists as Twyla Tharp and Robert Wilson, and the soundtrack for the movie “The Last Emperor” (1987) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, for which he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in the category of the Best Soundtrack. David Byrne directed the film “True Stories” (1986), and subsequently produced several albums of Caribbean and Brazilian music, including by Tom Zé and Margareth Menezes. His notable works are the album “Rei Momo” (1989) and a documentary video called “The House of Life” (1989). His net worth rose steadily with these accomplishments.

Since 2007, he has been participating in the project Brighton Port Authority (or The BPA), a group formed by several British musicians headed by Norman Cook. What is more, Byrne has been active as a solo artist, and has released nine studio albums, five live albums, 14 singles and 12 soundtrack albums over the years.

In addition, David Byrne is an avid photographer and writer; his latest books are entitled “Bicycle Diaries” (2009) and “How Music Works” (2012) – overall, he has written nine books so far.

To summarise, all the above mentioned accomplishments have increased the outright size of David Byrne’s net worth.

Finally, in his personal life, he fell in love with designer Adelle Lutz in 1986, and the two married in the summer of 1987. The couple has one daughter named Malu Valentine, born in 1990, but David and Adelle divorced in 2004. He has also been in relationships with  Louise Neri, an art curator, and artist Cindy Sherman. He is now an American citizen, and lives in New York City.

IMDB Wikipedia $55 Million 1952-05-14 1989 2006 2010 6′ (1.83 m)Scottish-American Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Music Score (1988) Actor Adelle Lutz Arboretum Bicycle Diaries (2009) Chriz Fantz Chronicle Books (1995) Cindy Sherman David Byrne (1994) David Byrne Net Worth David Byrnes David di Donatello for Best Music (2012) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (2013) Dumbarton Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (2008) Feelings (1997) Golden Globe awards (1988) Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (1989) Grown Backwards (2004) Here Lies Love (2010) How Music Works (2012) Ile Aiye (The house of life Lansdowne High School Look into the Eyeball (2001) Louise Neri Love This Giant (2012) Luaka Bop Malu Abeni Valentine Byrne Margareth Menezes Maryland Institute College of Art My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) Nonesuch Norman Cook Rei Momo (1989) Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Ride Rise Roar (documentary Robert Wilson Scotland Sire Stop Making Sense “Talking Heads” concert (1984) Strange Ritual The Last Emperor (1987) This Must Be the Place (2011) Thrill Jockey Todo Mundo Tom Zé True Stories (1986) Twyla Tharp Uh-Oh (1992) Warner Bros. Records Your Action World (1999)

David Byrne Quick Info

David Byrne Trademarks

1. Unusual dancing on stage
2. Over-sized suit
3. Dark staring eyes
4. Black hair (when he was younger)
5. Edgy persona

David Byrne Quotes

• I feel like if you license a song to a television show or a film, people understand that the song is a quotation. With me they often pick some classic song that’s representative of an era or a mood and it’s an easy way for them to instantly push some buttons with an audience. But with an advert it’s a little bit different because then people assume that you are endorsing whatever it is. And also it gets played over and over and over again and it really tends to cement the link. And you think, “Oh, that’s the song from the Toyota commercial”, as opposed to, “This is the song he wrote when his girlfriend died.” I’m not ready for that!
• You knew that as Bush (George W. Bush) left the economy was in tatters and people were going to be out of jobs and out of homes. I thought, “People are going to be pissed off real soon and whatever’s closest at hand they’ll blame it.” And, God forbid, they’re not going to blame themselves for voting for George Bush and the guys whose policies got them into this mess. Poor Barack Obama is going to have to take the stick for everything that went before.
• When you have a little bit more sales and popularity, as Talking Heads did then, you could say, “Oh, can we have this kind of lighting or can we do a video on our day off?” And people would appear and make it happen. So I miss a little bit of that ease of getting things done but I don’t miss arenas. That terrified me. When it got to a certain scale the audience became this abstract mass and you started to lose that connection. Other people can deal with that but I can’t.

David Byrne Important Facts

• He is left handed but plays guitar right handed.
• When he was two years old, his parents moved the family to Hamilton, Ontario. Byrne lived in that area until he was 8 or 9 and then moved to Maryland, where he stayed until college.
• His sister, Celia, is an epidemiologist specializing in breast cancer.
• Attended the Rhode Island School of Design at the same time as director Gus Van Sant.
• The Talking Heads’ trademark song, “Psycho Killer”, was inspired by a phrase used by his art school friend, Barbara Conway. She used the phrase, “psycho killer”, to describe things she thought were cool. Conway was murdered by a female stalker in the 1980s.
• Attended the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970, where he met fellow Talking Heads members, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, who became a couple in 1973. He transferred to the Maryland Institute of Art in 1971 and travelled in a band called Bizadi through 1972. He then dropped out of college for good. He returned to Providence in 1973 and formed a band called The Artistics with Frantz but they broke up in 1974 when Byrne moved to New York. He remained friends with Frantz and Weymouth who moved to New York in September 1974. Unable to find a willing bass player for their forming band, Frantz persuaded Weymouth to learn the bass guitar under the tutelage of David. They began rehearsing in January 1975 and had their first gig as Talking Heads in June that year at punk club CBGB.
• Attended Lansdowne High School in Baltimore, Maryland
• Translated into English, the title of his 1989 album “Rei Momo” means “King of Carnival.”
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 as a member of the Talking Heads.
• Uncle of actress China Chow and Maximillian Chow.
• Father, with Adelle Lutz, of daughter Malu Valentine (born in 1989).
• Ex-brother-in-law of the late Tina Chow, a fashion icon of the 1980s, and Michael Chow.
• Born in Scotland, but was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
• Has never taken out US citizenship although he has lived in the U.S. since he was a child.
• Former member of Talking Heads, which broke up in 1991.

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