Captain Beefheart quotes

Captain Beefheart was an American musician and artist known for his experimental approach to rock and blues music. His band, The Magic Band, created innovative and influential albums that challenged traditional musical boundaries. He became a cult figure noted for his distinctive voice, surreal lyrics, and avant-garde compositions. Here are 35 of his quotes:

I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.

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The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter.

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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

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I don't do lullabyes.

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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.

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I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.

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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.

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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.

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I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.

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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.

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I'm interested in playing, not working.

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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.

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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.

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I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles.

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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.

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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.

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That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.

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The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.

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But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.

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Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.

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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.

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I don't think artists are made, I think they're born.

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