69 Quotes by Les Claypool

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?

I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.

I’m a big believer in spontaneity.

You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it’s your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it.

Oh, welcome to this world of fools, of pink champagne and swimming pools, where all you have to lose is your virginity. Perhaps you’ll have some fun tonight, just stick around and take a bite, of life. We don’t need feebleness in this proximity.

Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn’t feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that’s a grand slam.

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

I’ll run against the grain till the day I drop?