Don Van Vliet Quotes

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• There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers.

  Don Van Vliet

  People, World, Hamburgers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Smart, Dolphins, Knows

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• Be kind, man - don't be mankind.

  Don Van Vliet

  Men, Kind Man, Be Kind

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• It's not worth getting into the bullshit to see what the bull ate.

  Don Van Vliet

  Bullshit, Bulls

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• The largest living land mammal is the absent mind.

  Don Van Vliet

  Inspirational, Land, Mind

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Rabbits, Carrots, Diamond

  "A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets To a Diamond" Album by Captain Beefheart, 1993.

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Dog, Kindness, Should

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• We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.

  Don Van Vliet

  Able

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Art is rearranging and grouping mistakes.

  Don Van Vliet

  Art, Mistake, Rearranging

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• I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it.

  Don Van Vliet

  Giving, Want, Pay

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• 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.

  Don Van Vliet

  Thinking, People, Giving

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• I like the blues..... but I like aqua marine just as much.

  Don Van Vliet

  Marine, Aqua

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Stars, Matter

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• If you got ears, you gotta listen.

  Don Van Vliet

  Ears, Ifs

  Song: Dirty Blue Gene

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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.

  Don Van Vliet

  Children, Parent, Attention

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• I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

  Don Van Vliet

  Want, Contributing, Sameness

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• If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.

  Don Van Vliet

  School, Want, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Don Van Vliet

  Important, Mathematics, Clock

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Thinking, Captains, Boat

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• I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.

  Don Van Vliet

  Want, Painting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Don Van Vliet

  Thinking, Play, Horny

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• Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.

  Don Van Vliet

  Bob, Slugs, Dylan

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• Beatle bones and smokin' stones the dry sands fall.

  Don Van Vliet

  Fall, Dry, Stones

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• I think that men has the most highly developed intelligence. I think men get so intelligent that they're stupid.

  Don Van Vliet

  Stupid, Intelligent, Men

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

  Don Van Vliet

  Eye, Thinking, People

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