This quote by David Byrne speaks to the concept of being in control of one's own environment. He is suggesting that he just listens to the radio when he is in a scenario where he does not have control over the music that is playing. This might be analyzed as a metaphor for how we often discover ourselves in circumstances where we are not in control of our own lives. We may be stuck in a task we don't like, or residing in a place we don't wish to be. By only listening to the radio when he rents a vehicle, Byrne is recommending that he is taking control of his environment and maximizing it. He is selecting to listen to the radio, rather than letting it be selected for him. This quote is a pointer that we can take control of our lives and make the most of our circumstances, even when we don't have total control.
"I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life"
"I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day"
"I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market"
"If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets"
"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death"
