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Les Claypool
American
Musician
Born:
Sep 29
,
1963
Band
Me
Music
Think
Time
You
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Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.
Les Claypool
Me
Jokes
Women
Stars
Guys
Onstage
Take
Thrown
Comedians
Rock
Rock Stars
Underwear
Fishing
Offered
Get
Want
Them
I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.
Les Claypool
Nature
Property
Mother
Enjoy
Tool
Bay
Must
John
Kinds
Mother Nature
Tractor
Lot
Quite
Quite A Lot
Use
Keep
Things
Play as much as you can as often as you can with as many people as you can. That's how you learn and grow.
Les Claypool
You
People
Learn
How
Often
Much
Many
Grow
Play
You can't watch 'Dr. Strangelove' with commercials. That would be sacrilegious.
Les Claypool
You
Would
Would-Be
Commercials
Dr
Watch
I like to open new doors and blaze new trails through the jungle and all that whatnot. What keeps me goin' all these years is changin' it up.
Les Claypool
Me
Doors
Through
Open
Blaze
New
Like
Years
Up
Trails
Jungle
Whatnot
Goin
Keeps
I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.
Les Claypool
Band
Awesome
Incredible
Out
Possibly
Find
Pretty
Guys
Could
Most
Because
Built
Up
Ended
Just
Being
Want
Much
Really
Music in general is looking for something new overall.
Les Claypool
Music
Looking
Something
General
Something New
New
Overall
My favorite venues are the 2,000 seat theaters, like the Warfield. If there was a Warfield in every city, I would play it. That's all I would do. I love venues like that.
Les Claypool
Love
Every
Favorite
Would
City
Like
Venues
Theaters
Play
Seat
New Year's was insane! It was the best show I've ever played for New Year's.
Les Claypool
Best
Year
Insane
New
Show
Ever
Played
San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there's a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com's so it's a little different than it used to be.
Les Claypool
Money
Nice
Francisco
Diverse
Environment
Always
Still
Been
Lot
Than
Different
San
Place
San Francisco
Which
Interesting
Little
Dot
Interesting Place
Used
Now
You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it.
Les Claypool
You
Book
Before
Sit
Back
Everything
Favorite
Some
Only
Point
Step
Read
Still
Go
Times
Gets
Little
Stale
Might
Realize
Then
Your
Many
Film
Away
Watch
I never think about rhythm versus melody; I've always just played to what's in my head.
Les Claypool
Think
Melody
About
Never
Head
Always
Versus
Just
Rhythm
Played
To me, if you're going to talk about funk, you have to go back to George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. Those guys are the giants. I've played with Bernie, and it was unreal. He's the master.
Les Claypool
Me
You
Master
Back
Those
Giants
About
Guys
Unreal
He
Talk
Go
George
Clinton
Going
Played
Funk
You don't go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I'm wearing or what my new hairdo is. You come to see Primus for the musical experience and the visual experience. I think, anyways. Maybe I'm wrong!
Les Claypool
You
Experience
Think
Musical
Musical Experience
Kind
Visual
See
Wearing
Wrong
Hairdo
New
Come
Go
Maybe
Clothing
The first film I made was when I was 13 and it was called 'The Dogs That Ate Detroit.' It starred my Saint Bernard Barney, and it was a killer thriller with oodles of special effects that were cutting edge for the time.
Les Claypool
Time
Made
First
Edge
Killer
Bernard
Ate
Thriller
Detroit
Dogs
Saint
Were
Effects
Cutting
Cutting Edge
Barney
Special
Special Effects
Film
Starred
I have a very difficult time describing my music. Because I run into people in the hardware store and they go, 'Oh, you're a musician. So what kind of music do you play?' And I go, 'Uh, I've been doin' this for many years - I don't know what to call it.'
Les Claypool
Music
Time
You
People
Difficult
Musician
Kind
Run
Know
Call
Because
Doin
Go
Been
Years
Very
Oh
Store
Many
Describing
Play
Hardware
Hardware Store
Difficult Time
You know, whenever somebody comes in, in any situation - whether it's a poker game or a bobsled team or a band - it's gonna change things. And sometimes significantly.
Les Claypool
You
Game
Change
Sometimes
Somebody
Band
Situation
Change Things
Poker
Know
Any
Whenever
Whether
Gonna
Team
Things
The end of the Nineties was an unhappy Primus camp. I hit a creative stagnation that wasn't helping us forward, and the personal elements, it just was time to stop.
Les Claypool
Time
Creative
Unhappy
Nineties
Camp
End
Hit
Personal
Just
Stop
Stagnation
Us
Forward
Helping
Elements
I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high school together. I wasn't really following metal.
Les Claypool
Together
School
Thought
Big
Band
High
High School
Following
Kirk
Buddy
Metal
Metallica
Were
Just
Realize
Really
As I've moved through life, I've found that I like things to be as casual and as spontaneous as possible when writing.
Les Claypool
Life
Writing
Possible
Through
Casual
Like
Spontaneous
Moved
Found
Things
You know, people would always ask me, 'How long is Primus going to go on?' And I would say, 'Until it isn't fun anymore.' At the end of the '90s, it just wasn't fun anymore on many levels.
Les Claypool
Me
You
People
Long
Say
Would
Know
Until
Always
How
Go
End
Going
Just
Anymore
Ask
Fun
Many
Many Levels
Levels
You know, there are times when you play a song over and over and over and you get a little tired of it and you let it sit for a while. It's like, you may love eating sushi, but if you eat it every single day, you're going to get a little tired of it.
Les Claypool
Love
Day
Tired
You
Song
Single
Sit
Every
Eat
Eating
Over
Like
Know
Single Day
Times
Get
Sushi
Going
May
While
Little
Play
Every Single Day
I love character actors. If I'm switching channels, and something with Slim Pickens is on, or Walter Brennan, I'm stuck. I have to watch it.
Les Claypool
Love
Character
Channels
Slim
Something
Stuck
Actor
Switching
Watch
I don't really listen to bassists - not anymore. When I was younger, I listened to those guys and was trying to figure out everything they did. Nowadays, I draw inspiration from everybody.
Les Claypool
Nowadays
Everybody
Everything
Draw
Those
Out
Guys
Inspiration
Trying
Did
Listen
Listened
Anymore
Younger
Really
Figure
I have a very difficult time describing my music.
Les Claypool
Music
Time
Difficult
Very
Describing
Difficult Time
Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
Les Claypool
Band
Bass
Instantly
Nobody
Because
Wanted
Play
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