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.
More Quotes by Captain Beefheart
Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.
The stars are matter, we're matter, but it doesn't matter.
If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff.
When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.