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Tina Weymouth Biography

Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is 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. In 2002, Weymouth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

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It's hard to be perfect, It really is. I keep learning things after I've already bungled it.

Perfect, Keep Learning, Hard, Things, Learning

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.

Art, Money, Running, World

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.

Artist, Fantastic, Girl, Said, Sense, Tolerance

Being able to allow people to be who they are without trying to change them is important.

Allow, Change, Important, People, Trying

Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.

Attitude, Different, People, Tom, Whole

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

Bass, Everyone, Found, Guitar, Originally, Player

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.

Breath, Goes On, Life, Life Is Too Short, Moaning

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.

Eight, Rocks, Take, Time, World, Years

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, Club, Dance, Light, Real, Tom

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.

Dance, Difference, Differences, Language, Music, Part

Sometimes, you have to go through a phase whether you like it or not.

Like, Phase, Phases, Sometimes, You Like It

In Europe they understand that the arts are incredibly important both culturally and economically.

Art, Economically, Europe, Important, Understand

I like the idea of Wild Infancy, of people who have a deprived background, of starting out wild.

Background, Deprived, Idea, Ideas, People, Starting Over

Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.

Escape, Found, Hard, Trapped

If you have this passion for music, you don't stop doing it - it chooses you and doesn't release you.

Music, Passion, Release, Stop

Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.

Band, Friendships, Generosity, Key, Keys, Relationships

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, Groove, Dialogue, Inner, Live

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.

Guitar, Guitarists, Kid, Kids, Mentor, Richard

Stick to your instincts.

Instinct, Instincts, Stick, Sticks

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

Convey, Funny, Order, Perception, Slapstick, World

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