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Wesley Lawrence Willis was an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career as an underground singer-songwriter in the outsider music tradition, with songs featuring his bizarre, humorous and often obscene lyrics sung over the auto accompaniment feature on his Technics KN keyboard.Willis gained a large cult following in the 1990s, particularly after the release of his 1995 Greatest Hits album on the Alternative Tentacles label. Jello Biafra compiled the album's track list. In addition to a large body of solo musical work, Willis fronted his own punk rock band, the Wesley Willis Fiasco, during the 1990s. He was also a visual artist long before he developed an interest in music, and produced hundreds of intricate, unusual, colored ink-pen drawings, most of them of various Chicago streetscapes; he frequently sold these on the street for between $20 and $40.Despite his mainly underground career, Willis has influenced a variety of media: for example, music software company Nullsoft took their slogan "It really whips the llama's ass!" for Winamp from Willis's song "Whip the Llama's Ass". Wikipedia  

✵ 31. May 1963 – 21. August 2003
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Famous Wesley Willis Quotes

“Here's what I'm going to have to say to all of you. If some of you have demons in your head who talk to you in profanity or whatever, don't let your demon shoot down your rock music, don't let your demon keep you off the joy bus. So like I say, Rock music pays off.”

Wesley Willis

Spoken at the end of the Wesley Willis Live EP.

“When the police pulled up, I was doomed / I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance / I was taken to the metal clink / I was nothing but a loser”

Wesley Willis

I Smoke Weed
Lyrics, Solo

“McDonald's is a place to rock / It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat / It is a good place to listen to the music / People flock here to get down to the rock music.”

Wesley Willis

Rock 'N Roll McDonald's
Lyrics, Solo

“You are my favorite movie star / You are my big buddy / You are a low-down rotten man / You are crazy like a roll lizard”

Wesley Willis

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lyrics, Solo

“"The bandit wore a werewolf mask" - Attempted Armed Robbery”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

“"Dale Dunkey shot my house up / He shot it up to get rid of the termites / He then shot at me with his BB gun" - The Termites Ate My House Up”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

Wesley Willis Quotes

“"Rock over London. Rock on Chicago." - Repeated at the end of most songs”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics

“From now on, I'm staying away from fatty foods, by eating healthy foods, and going on a strict diet”

Wesley Willis

I'm Sorry That I Got Fat (I Will Slim Down)
Lyrics, Spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride (1996)

“"Christmas is Jesus Christ's birthday! / That's what it is all about in the mix!" - Merry Christmas”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

“"Stop shooting old ladies." - Stop the Violence”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

“Do something about your long filthy hair / It looks like a rat's nest”

Wesley Willis

Cut the Mullet
Lyrics, Solo

“My mother smokes that crack like a cigar / She had a good time at it / She jacks my brother for dope money / She does this by threatening him with a Smith and Wesson”

Wesley Willis

My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks
Lyrics, Solo
Variant: "I smoke my crack pipe everyday / I have a good time at it / I jack my mother for dope money / I do it by threatening her life with a semi-automatic" - I Smoke Weed

“My demons talk to me in profanity. They think I'm a jerk. A bum. And an asshole. I just say they're a jerk, they're a bum, they're an asshole. They're no good. They better leave me alone and get off my case.”

Wesley Willis

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2uRv8ZE_Tc&feature=related,

“Before I got fat, I was slim / That was this time when I was eating McDonalds.”

Wesley Willis

I'm Sorry That I Got Fat (I Will Slim Down)
Lyrics, Spookydisharmoniousconflicthellride (1996)

“"It's the end of World War I / It's the end of World War II!" - It's the End of the Western”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

“Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look out for me. But I will not let my torture profanity demon shoot it down.”

Wesley Willis

Interview with Howard Stern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNfSekbTck,

“"At 11:00 PM, the police came to my mother's house to eject her… they locked her up for being a loser." - My Mother Smokes Crack Rocks”

Wesley Willis

Lyrics, Solo

“Destroy civilization, motherfucker!”

Wesley Willis

Stealth Bomber
Lyrics, Solo

“You are nothing but a crazy ass jerk!”

Wesley Willis

You Fucked That Man's Car Up
Lyrics, Solo

“Rock over London. Rock on Chicago.”

Wesley Willis

Repeated at the end of most songs
Lyrics

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