Captain Beefheart quotes

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything. (Captain Beefheart)
I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin. View quote
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The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter. View quote
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. View quote
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I don't do lullabyes. View quote
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child. View quote
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I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes. View quote
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You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff. View quote
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I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening. View quote
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I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees. View quote
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An audience can really lift you right up off the stage. (Captain Beefheart)
James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong - he's good. View quote
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I'm interested in playing, not working. View quote
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I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any. View quote
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Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't. View quote
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I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles. View quote
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Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal. View quote
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself. View quote
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That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too. View quote
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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing. View quote
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With my voice and my band, I can do anything. (Captain Beefheart)
But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death. View quote
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Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt. View quote
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am. View quote
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I don't think artists are made, I think they're born. View quote
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