Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame.

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it

So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours

Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll.