Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vlietwas an American singer, songwriter, musician and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called the Magic Band, with whom he recorded 13 studio albums. Noted for his powerful singing voice and his wide vocal range, Van Vliet also played the harmonica, saxophone, and numerous other wind instruments. His music integrated blues, rock, psychedelia, and jazz with contemporary experimental composition and the avant-garde; many of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth15 January 1941
CityGlendale, CA
CountryUnited States of America
If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.
The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
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.
I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
With my voice and my band, I can do anything.
But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.
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.
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
I don't think artists are made, I think they're born.
I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.
An audience can really lift you right up off the stage.