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?

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

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

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

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