Tina Weymouth

“We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.”

“When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those.”

“I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild.”

“Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.”

“Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns.”

“It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw.”

“I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?”

“David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters.”

“It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.”

“We always thought the Tom Tom Club could change to anything, but it acquired this image, which was cartoon animation and this real light-hearted dance music.”

“I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.”

“It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it.”

“We're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives us a charge, because they keep it interesting all the time.”

“We had our unhappy moments but they got channelled into the kind of sadness that was necessary for singing a song about going nowhere. So it worked out very well I think.”

“You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more.”

“Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid.”

“I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.”

“I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I were singing, I would have blown out my voice.”

“Stick to your instincts.”

“Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not.”