Beatle bones and smokin' stones the dry sands fall. Don Van Vliet More Quotes by Don Van Vliet More Quotes From Don Van Vliet When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am. Don Van Vliet dolphins smart knows There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. Don Van Vliet hamburgers people world You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. Don Van Vliet should dog kindness It's not worth getting into the bullshit to see what the bull ate. Don Van Vliet bulls bullshit Art is rearranging and grouping mistakes. Don Van Vliet rearranging mistake art A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond. Don Van Vliet carrots diamond rabbits It makes me itch to think of myself as Captain Beefheart. I don't even have a boat. Don Van Vliet boat captains thinking 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 clock mathematics important 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 painting want The stars are matter, We're matter, But it doesn't matter. Don Van Vliet stars matter 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 want pay giving I like the blues..... but I like aqua marine just as much. Don Van Vliet aqua marine 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 giving people thinking 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 parent attention children The largest living land mammal is the absent mind. Don Van Vliet land mind inspirational 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 horny play thinking If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school. Don Van Vliet different want school Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs. Don Van Vliet slugs dylan bob The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing. Don Van Vliet difficult sound wind Be kind, man - don't be mankind. Don Van Vliet kind-man be-kind men
