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

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.

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?

We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

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.