It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.

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

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.

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.

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

In Europe they understand that the arts are incredibly important both culturally and economically.

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