69 Quotes by Les Claypool

More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.

I've had fish come up on stage, and it's pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on stage, actually.

Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That's how you learn and grow.

For me to do a project - I have a pretty successful solo career, so - for me to even want to do Primus, it had to be a creative step forward.

I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.

You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.

I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing.

I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather.

I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the same pictures... should I have picked trumpet or accordion or guitar, whatever it may be. The sounds in my head are still the same.