"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?"

“The Captain Beefheart Radar Station”

“I've written every drum bit I ever done, every note. I played the drums. I played the guitar. I played the piano. I wanted it exactly the way I wanted. Exactly. Any composer I would think would want it that way, and I don't deviate at all. Don't you think that somebody like Stravinsky, for instance, don't you think that it would have annoyed him if someone bent a note the wrong way?”

“That's right, The Mascara Snake. Fast and bulbous! Also, a tin teardrop!”