Tina Weymouth
Tina Weymouth
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouthis an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with husband and Talking Heads drummer, Chris Frantz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth22 November 1950
CityCoronado, CA
CountryUnited States of America
down-and excited neat
We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.
girl artist tolerance
There's a tolerance and this is a really big thing when it comes to really increasing the whole sense of getting something done and boosting the economy. Obviously not everything is going to be a bonanza, some things are going to be awful, but wouldn't it be great if we had a fantastic window dresser to do something with those windows on Fairfield green and those Victoria's Secret windows. I love girls in bras in panties, but these are just mannequins. Wouldn't it be great if some local artists got together and said, "Hey, Victoria's Secret, let's do something!" We need that.
life-is-too-short goes-on moaning
I'm not going to hold my breath because life goes on. Life is too short to sit around moaning about what could have been or what was.
attitude people different
Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.
order perception world
Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.
voice rocks sight
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.
ideas starting-over people
I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild.
arrogant
I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?
world talent pleasure
It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.
differences language music-is
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.
kids mentor television
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.
clothes safety-pins safety
We wore our safety pins on the inside of our clothes.
best bits recording remain speaking taking top
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.
conceptual david purely
David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters.