The stars are matter, We're matter, But it doesn't matter.

I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.

With my voice and my band, I can do anything.

A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond.

I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child.

I think people have had too much to think and ought to flex their magic muscles. It takes awhile to get oriented to what I do, but people seem to be able to hear it if they give it a chance. I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

It makes me itch to think of myself as Captain Beefheart. I don't even have a boat.