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One forgets that part of one's performance is one's history—or sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an audience knows, what they expect. This seems to be true of all performers; there's baggage that gets carried into the venue that we can't see.
One forgets that part of one's performance is one's history—or sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an audience knows, what they expect. This seems to be true of all performers; there's baggage that gets carried into the venue that we can't see.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- David Byrne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for David Byrne: documented activity in 1973. Wikidata Q336640, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336640 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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