Biological clock Quote by Arto Lindsay

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

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

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

Playing with Kip I definitely learned a lot playing with these incredible guys and hearing them.

— Arto Lindsay

I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot.

— Arto Lindsay

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.

— Arto Lindsay

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

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

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

It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all.

— Arto Lindsay

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

My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.

— Arto Lindsay