Photo of Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth via Jungblut.

"I bought my first bass on my birthday. I put five dollars down on a Fender Precision and paid five dollars every week. It took a long time, but I finally got it. I had a job on 57th street at Henri Bendel’s. I was the girl in potpourri at first, then I was is in stationery, then I moved to shoes, and then I was let go." —Tina Weymouth