Arto Lindsay Quotes

Arto Lindsay — American Musician born on May 28, 1953,

Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He first achieved recognition as part of New York no wave group DNA in the late 1970s... (wikipedia)

It was a turning point in the sense that as a scene, we can up with a lot of new ideas.

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 the way I play.

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 different in some way. That was a real education for me.

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

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 Quotes

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