Les Claypool

I've had fish come up on stage, and it's pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on…

— Les Claypool

I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the…

— Les Claypool

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

— Les Claypool

Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That's how you learn…

— Les Claypool

You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have…

— Les Claypool

I have a very difficult time describing my music.

— Les Claypool

I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all…

— Les Claypool

Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you…

— Les Claypool

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played…

— Les Claypool

For me to do a project - I have a pretty successful solo career, so - for me to even want to…

— Les Claypool

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

— Les Claypool

I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music…

— Les Claypool

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

— Les Claypool

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

— Les Claypool

If I'm home and I come up with something, I'll try to record it, but a lot of the time I'll forget…

— Les Claypool

To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys…

— Les Claypool

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

— Les Claypool

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went…

— Les Claypool

You know, whenever somebody comes in, in any situation - whether it's a poker game or a bobsled team or a band…

— Les Claypool

I had one guy pretend to be me, go to a hotel room, and tell the people at the front desk that…

— Les Claypool

The end of the Nineties was an unhappy Primus camp. I hit a creative stagnation that wasn't helping us forward, and the…

— Les Claypool

My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of…

— Les Claypool

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

— Les Claypool

I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh,…

— Les Claypool

It's a great little ego boost to look out and see all these people. I saw Roger Waters there recently. It was…

— Les Claypool