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

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

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

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

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

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.