Tina Weymouth quotes

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar. (Tina Weymouth)
Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not. View quote
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You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more. View quote
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Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make. View quote
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I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw. View quote
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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. (Tina Weymouth)
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. View quote
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I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild. View quote
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Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world. View quote
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We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together. View quote
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It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it. View quote
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Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Stick to your instincts. View quote
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Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns. View quote
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If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you. (Tina Weymouth)
Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided. View quote
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I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant? View quote
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It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world. View quote
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We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'. View quote
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Tina Weymouth

Tina Weymouth - Image
Photo: Michael Markos - michaelmarkos11@gmail.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 22, 1950
Quotes count: 33