Musician Quotes

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.
Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not.
Stick to your instincts.
Talking Heads, for me and Chris, was a very personal thing that we shared with a lot of people. In a way, I'm glad it's over, because it allows us to move beyond the restrictions that followed.
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.
We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.
We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.
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.
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're not getting paid. We have these great musicians with us and it gives us a real charge. And the audience gives us a charge, because they keep it interesting all the time.
When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those.
You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more.
I'm glad that he's got all this behind him. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people - and there are certain people that don't report the news accurate for their own personal fame and gain. And they know who they are.
Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on with our lives. And Michael can go on with his life and do what he does best, and that's making good music, making his fans happy, people happy all over the world.
Oh, Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson. And no matter if he sold 40 million records off of one record and sold 15 off his last or whatever the counts may be, Michael Jackson will be Michael Jackson.
Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story.
Well, I don't have anything to say to Mr. Sneddon, you know? Nothing at all.
Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.
Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I'm still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too bad.
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