Les Claypool quotes

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band. (Les Claypool)
I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all these years is changin' it up. View quote
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Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing. View quote
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Music in general is looking for something new overall. View quote
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More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that. View quote
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Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me. View quote
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You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious. View quote
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Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that's a grand slam. View quote
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My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that. View quote
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I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing. View quote
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San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there's a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com's so it's a little different than it used to be. (Les Claypool)
Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball. View quote
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We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid. View quote
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I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as opposed to music that has something to do with some form of image or imagery. View quote
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Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That's how you learn and grow. View quote
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I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome. View quote
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I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property. View quote
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You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it. View quote
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It's always hard to put your finger on what it is that makes Primus Primus. View quote
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I'm a big believer in spontaneity. View quote
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For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it. (Les Claypool)

Les Claypool

Les Claypool - Image
Photo: Male-zet, CC BY 3.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: September 29, 1963
Quotes count: 21

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