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.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

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.

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry

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.

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!!'

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen