Devo

"We're sucking the gooey cellulite from modern music. Reductive synthesis. We do it all for you."

"Question for all you who should know much better but don't / With your brains and your instincts around you / Why do you still blow it?"

"I have been hurt / I will hurt others / That's what he said / That's what he said."

"Maybe the time's come / To use what you got / For some good."

"It's a modern life but it's not what you're looking for."

"You try to make a difference but you're just another man."

"We're all special, everyone of us / We're all beautiful in our own way / We're all a part of a great big wad / And nothin' could be finer."

"There is no zombie in the closet / There is no thing underneath the bed / There's no alien abduction / The monster's in your head."

"What we seek then, is that transcendent state most fully engendered by Fred Flintstone -- technologically sophisticated cave-man."

"Like the Bible, devolution is basically an extended joke. One man's doughnut is another man's death."

"Today's noise is tomorrow's hootenanny."

"We do give straight answers, but nobody believes them."

"Being in a band is really great when you're 20. When you're 30, it's kind of 'Spinal Tap,' and when you're 40, it's just pathetic."

"We denounce this as impostors playing with fire."

"One thing we learned from the hippies was that rebellion was obsolete. Hippies turned into safe little yuppies, and punks turned into safety pin wearing paraphernalia consumers. You can't fight the system head-to-head. It is like, "I fought the law and the law won." They will kick your butt each time."

"As the Chinese proverb goes, the nail that sticks out gets pounded. You are especially scrutinized and judged if your success carries any whiff of change or controversy. If you challenge authority in any real manner, your voice in the marketplace is quickly revoked."

"We’re inspired by reality because the world is so ridiculous and stupid. DE-EVOLUTION IS REAL."

"...when I was in high school, I dressed like a punk rocker and people would scream "Devo!" at me - because Devo infiltrated the mainstream. Out of all the bands who came from the underground and actually made it in the mainstream, Devo is the most subversive and challenging of all. They're just awesome. I love them."

"This is the band of the future. I'm going to produce them in Tokyo this winter."

"Devo, I think, is great. I love them. They are like Dadaists to me. Everything that they express is a complete reaction against everything that we stood for. But they do it so well, theatrically speaking. And with a great sense of humor. I love it. Now as far as putting on a Devo album? It wouldn’t be something I would do. It’s the visuals that make them fresh and fascinating to me."