Captain Beefheart cytaty

“Pena
Her little head clinking
Like a barrel of red velvet balls
Full past noise
Treats filled her eyes
Turning them yellow like enamel coated tacks
Soft like butter hard not to pour”

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Captain Beefheart

Pena, sung by Jeff Cotton, better known as Antennae Jimmy Semens
Trout Mask Replica (1969)

“You look dandy in the sky but you don’t scare me
Cause I got you here in my eye
In this lifetime you got my human gets me blues”

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Captain Beefheart

My Human Gets Me Blues
Trout Mask Replica (1969)

“I've written every drum bit I ever done, every note. I played the drums. I played the guitar. I played the piano. I wanted it exactly the way I wanted. Exactly. Any composer I would think would want it that way, and I don't deviate at all. Don't you think that somebody like Stravinsky, for instance, don't you think that it would have annoyed him if someone bent a note the wrong way?”

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Captain Beefheart

On Trout Mask Replica
The Artist Formerly Known as Captain Beefheart (1997)

“A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?”

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Captain Beefheart

Pachuco Cadaver
Trout Mask Replica (1969)