Editing David Byrne (section)

==Personal life==
Although a resident of the United States since childhood, Byrne was solely a [[British citizen]] until 2012, when he became a [[dual citizen]] of the United Kingdom and the [[Citizenship of the United States|United States]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081113152122/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/11/04/david-byrne-cant-vote-but-hopes-you-will/ "David Byrne Can't Vote But Hopes You Will"]. ''Rolling Stone''. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lynskey|first=Dorian|date=4 March 2018|title=David Byrne: 'I'm able to talk in a social group now – not retreat into a corner'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/04/david-byrne-i-am-able-to-talk-in-a-social-group-now-american-utopia|access-date=4 March 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> He has also held [[Irish citizenship]] since 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=U2 X-Radio – Close to The Edge: Feat. David Byrne |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM1GHhyDc30?si=SJsHV3HWySsg8Oy3&t=1860 |website=youtube.com |language=en |format=video |date=July 2, 2020}}</ref> Speaking of his Scottish origins in a 2014 interview with ''[[The Evening Standard]]'', Byrne stated "I have lived in the States pretty much my whole life, but from my parents and everything, there's still an affinity to maybe a Scottish sense of humour, and some of the attitudes that go with that." During the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Byrne expressed his preference for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-byrne-2-10-1237994 |title=David Byrne warns Scottish referendum voters of danger of independence |website=[[NME]] |date=28 August 2014 |access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref>

He lives in New York City. His father, Thomas, died in October 2013. His mother, Emma, died in June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=31 July 2014|title=Journal – EMMA BYRNE|url=http://davidbyrne.com/emma-byrne|access-date=25 January 2017|website=Davidbyrne.com}}</ref>

Byrne describes himself as on the [[autism spectrum]], but has not been professionally diagnosed. In a 2020 interview on [[Amy Schumer]]'s podcast ''3 Girls, 1 Keith'', he said that he felt that his condition was a superpower as it allows him to hyperfocus on his creative pursuits.<ref>{{cite web|title=Performance With David Byrne|website=[[Spotify]] |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3oHiChsIjNTDe0X8QNDshy|access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref> In 2012, he said that he felt that music was his way of communicating when he could not do it face to face because of his autism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Front Row – David Byrne: 'I identify with Susan Boyle' – BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00yq6c6 |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Relationships===
Byrne had a brief relationship with [[Toni Basil]] in 1981<ref name=Bowman202>{{cite book |first=David |last=Bowman |title=This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century |url=https://archive.org/details/thismustbeplace00davi |url-access=registration |year=2001 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=978-0-380-97846-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/thismustbeplace00davi/page/202 202] }}</ref> and he dated [[Twyla Tharp]] between 1981 and 1982.<ref name=Bowman202/> While visiting Japan in 1982,<ref>Bowman, p. 235.</ref> Byrne met costume designer [[Adelle Lutz]], and they married in 1987.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/magazine/same-as-he-ever-was.html |title=Same as He Ever Was |first=Marshall |last=Sella |date=29 April 2001 |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> They have a daughter, Malu Abeni Valentine Byrne, born in 1989, and a grandson born in 2018.<ref>Bowman, p. 336.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-byrne-on-american-utopia-and-living-an-optimistic-life/ |title=David Byrne on "American Utopia," and living an optimistic life |first=Anthony |last=Laudato |date=5 January 2020 |work=[[CBS News Sunday Morning]] |accessdate=23 January 2022}}</ref> Byrne and Lutz divorced in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4986234/David-Byrne-stay-hungry.html |title=David Byrne: Stay Hungry |first=Richard |last=Grant |date=16 March 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> After his divorce, he became romantically involved with the art curator and [[Gagosian Gallery]] sales director Louise Neri.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3612979/How-the-Talking-Head-learnt-to-sing-from-the-heart.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3612979/How-the-Talking-Head-learnt-to-sing-from-the-heart.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How the Talking Head Learnt To Sing from the Heart |first=Robert |last=Sandall |date=28 February 2004 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=15 January 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also had a relationship with the artist [[Cindy Sherman]] from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|first=Simon |last=Hattenstone |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jan/15/cindy-sherman-interview |title=Cindy Sherman interview |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date= 15 January 2011|access-date=2 November 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

===Cycling===
Byrne is known for his [[Cycling advocacy|activism in support of increased cycling]] and for having used a bike as his main means of transport throughout his life, especially [[Cycling in New York City|cycling around New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbyrne.com/archive/art/books/bicycle_diaries/|title=Bicycle Diaries|work=davidbyrne.com|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> In [[Los Angeles]], Byrne drives a [[Citroën DS]], but in New York, he does not drive a car.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/david-byrne-and-barry-white-what-cars-they-drove/|title=David Byrne & Barry White: What Cars They Drove|first=Tom|last=Schnabel|author-link=Tom Schnabel|date=5 November 2011|work=KCRW Rhythm Planet|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809153034/http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/david-byrne-and-barry-white-what-cars-they-drove/|archive-date=9 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/01/ted.david.byrne/|title=David Byrne: Song lyrics are overrated|last=Sutter|first=John D.|date=1 April 2010|publisher=CNN|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>
[[File:David Byrne Rocket bike rack at Stanford Museum of Art.jpg|alt=A red bike rack in the abstract shape of devil horns|thumb|A bike rack designed by Byrne outside the [[Cantor Arts Center]] at [[Stanford University]]]]
He says that he began cycling while he was in high school and returned to it as an adult in the late 1970s. He likes the freedom and exhilaration cycling gives him. He has written widely on cycling, including a 2009 book, ''[[Bicycle Diaries]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikeportland.org/2009/07/23/rockerbike-activist-david-byrne-announces-portland-event-21399|title=Rocker/bike activist David Byrne announces Portland event|last=Jonathan Maus|date=23 July 2009|work=BikePortland.org|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> In August 2009, Byrne auctioned his [[Montague Bikes|Montague folding bike]] to raise money for the [[London Cycling Campaign]].

In 2008, Byrne designed a series of [[bicycle parking rack]]s in the form of image outlines corresponding to the areas in which they were located, such as a dollar sign for [[Wall Street]] and an electric guitar in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], Brooklyn. Byrne worked with a manufacturer who constructed the racks in exchange for the right to sell them later as art. The racks remained on the streets for about a year.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/arts/design/09bike.html |first=Ariel |last=Kaminer |title=David Byrne, Cultural Omnivore, Raises Cycling Rack to an Art Form |work=The New York Times |date=8 August 2008}}</ref>

Two bike racks constructed from the Byrne Bike Rack Alphabet, a system of modular letter segments that can be combined to form various words, remain installed at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web |title=David Byrne Bike Racks |url=https://www.bam.org/visit/david-byrne-bike-racks |website=bam.org |publisher=Brooklyn Academy of Music |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

He came to the 2023 [[Met Gala]] on a Budnitz [[single speed bike]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=David Byrne Rode His Bike to the Met Gala, Of Course |url=https://www.bicycling.com/news/a43769384/david-byrne-met-gala/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Bicycling |language=en-US}}</ref>