Les Claypool Quotes

As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.

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

I have a very difficult time describing my music.

Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.

To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.

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.

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

From my experience, moving through life, things tend to go in eight- to 10-year cycles. Friends, relationships and whatnot.

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.

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

We've all had our thing. I listened to the Monkees when I was little kid.

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

For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general ... just bored with it.

I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.

I love character actors. If I'm switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Walter Brennan, I'm stuck. I have to watch it.

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all these years is changin' it up.

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

It's always hard to put your finger on what it is that makes Primus Primus.

I never think about rhythm versus melody; I've always just played to what's in my head.

New Year's was insane! It was the best show I've ever played for New Year's.