Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.

If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

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.

Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.

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.

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