I think the Ambitious Lovers never got their due- we had terrible management and at that point, we were on major labels and we didn't have any music …

- Arto Lindsay

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

- 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 as being diffe…

- 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, which I'll hopefully f…

- Arto Lindsay

Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.

- 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, they c…

- Arto Lindsay

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

- Arto Lindsay

It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different bands had really formed. We used to rehearse in th…

- Arto Lindsay