"I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll"

David Byrne's quote speaks to the power of representation and also self-image. He wished to see himself represented on the cover of a doll, and also picked to do so in the type of a Ken doll. This talks with the idea that he wanted to be seen as a strong, masculine figure, which he intended to be seen as an equal to the other dolls on the cover. By choosing to represent himself as a Ken doll, he had the ability to make a statement concerning his own identity and self-image. He intended to be seen as a powerful, certain individual, and the Ken doll was a means for him to share that. By choosing to represent himself by doing this, he was able to make a declaration about his own identity and self-image, and also to show that he was an equal to the various other dolls on the cover.