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

I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.

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.

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

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

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.

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.