the thing about Don Van Vliet that people never seem to grasp is how fucking stiff a human being he really is, despite his apparent charm and his hipness. it's really fucking stiff and dry music, which is what he intended, I guess. I always figured he was juicing up some stuff he wanted to act like he didn't believe in , just like Zappa.
I really think "TMR" and that music is as much French as anyone--he's what makes it all happen. he saw how stiff Don was, really, and being a good Christian he decided to give him his head...
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 15 April 2006 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link