43 Quotes by Don Van Vliet

A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond.

It makes me itch to think of myself as Captain Beefheart. I don’t even have a boat.

Art is rearranging and grouping mistakes.

The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It’s always changing.

That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.

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.

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.

We’re all colored, or you wouldn’t be able to see anyone.

I live in a Mobile Home – I’ve never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.