I like to put things together that are opposites. I like to take a baby, and a cow, and a skyscraper, and a piece of meat, and a bicycle, and a cloud, and a tree, and a train, and a dog, and a cat, and put them all in a room and see what happens.
— Captain Beefheart Contemporary

Avant-garde musician

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Interview with NME

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1978

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.nme.com/news/music/captain-beefheart-1205650

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