We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
I had this idea for a while to do mix this Al Green vibe with a samba thing. I tried to do that in many different ways. Peter added his own modern notion of funk and his own deep background… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc,… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing stood out… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
Playing with Kip I definitely learned a lot playing with these incredible guys and hearing them. — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong. — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
I think the Ambitious Lovers never got their due- we had terrible management and at that point, we were on major labels and we… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
To some extent at that time, we injected rock and roll into that scene- we played loud and that was a huge turning point… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract,… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all. — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of… — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil. — Arto Lindsay Copy Share Image
