People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have to just make terrible noise. Occasionally, it will make a sound like a note. — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
People love the electric rake. You just hit it or whatever you want to do. You can't play 'Swanee River' on it. You have… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types. — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
Can you imagine a guy breaking into your car, and he steals your guitar case 'cause he thinks it's a guitar, and he gets… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I started using contact microphones that you can place on common, ordinary objects, like a rake. I put a microphone on it and it… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
