Captain Beefheart Quotes

• 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 was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

  Patrick Carney

  Real, Pavement, Captains

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• November 18. . . I dig musicians, I feel they have the most to offer me mentally and emotionally because they think basically along the same lines that I do; extremely creative people. Music is Life. As Captain Beefheart once said 'God is a perfect musical note.

  Pamela Des Barres

  Thinking, Perfect, People

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• People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.

  PJ Harvey

  Country, Artist, People

  "PJ Harvey: On War And The New 'England'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 15, 2011.

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• When I was a kid, I would go to the record store, where there was a bin of things they didn't know quite how to classify. Those were my choices. That's where you would find Captain Beefheart or an early electronic album.

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Kids, Choices, Albums

  Interview with Maura Kelly, believermag.com. September 1, 2005.

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