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.

We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God.

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

I'm not going to hold my breath because life goes on. Life is too short to sit around moaning about what could have been or what was.

When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.

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