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
best club divided heads opened parts tom
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.
found trapped hard
Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.
passion release passion-for-music
If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you.
music men thinking
When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.
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I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
perfect keep-learning hard
It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it.
phases sometimes you-like-it
Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not.
love-you sometimes
You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more.
years eight rocks
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.
keys generosity band
Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.
music groove dialogue
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.
music together way
We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.
goes-on barbershop quartets
There are no more barbershop quartets wearing boaters, even though I still like them. Life goes on.
sticks instinct
Stick to your instincts.