Must-Read Rock 'n' Roll Biographies

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"A white nerdy guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold," says David Byrne of his signature jerky dance style in How Music Works (McSweeney's), the Talking Heads front man's twitchily hypnotic memoir/sonic anthropology, which includes the revelation that his hit "Psycho Killer" began as an acoustic ballad.

Photo by: Courtesy of McSweeny's

"A white nerdy guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold," says David Byrne of his signature jerky dance style in How Music Works (McSweeney's), the Talking Heads front man's twitchily hypnotic memoir/sonic anthropology, which includes the revelation that his hit "Psycho Killer" began as an acoustic ballad.