There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on their own apart from a lot of attention. It was a really exciting time here. — 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
