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"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."
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"Play so that you may be serious."
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"The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks."
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"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."
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"So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well."
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"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
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"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."
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"I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around."
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"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
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"I don't like to play the victim."
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"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."
God
"David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters."
Artist
"When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music."
Music
"If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you."
Music
"I think the idea of having the show divided into two parts was that Tom Tom Club opened for Talking Heads in Europe, and it was the best we'd ever had as an opening act."
Idea
"I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech."
Play
"Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding everything he knew into that kid."
Favorite
"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."
Change
"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."
Love
"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."
Time
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