Captain Beefheart Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
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The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
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I do honour the very flea of his dog.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
