Trevor Dunn Quotations

I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.

I remember when metal was something you really had to search out, and now I hear it on car commercials.

It's too hard for me to comment on the sorry state of our culture.

NYC is chaotic. And I am attracted to chaos.

Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism.

The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.

Harry Patch didn't get enough recognition. Jerry Garcia got too much.

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.

I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.

I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.

I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.

Hopefully, as a band, it will grow and develop for a good length of time.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.

Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.

I love playing in Fantomas, which is very strict in terms of composition.

I take all of my music seriously and personally.

I would never be able to choose one project over another because it is the balance, the variation, the change that is important to me.

Well, I've never been to Japan so I couldn't say. I do know that we have a bit of a following there however.

Well, musicians everywhere make up a small part of the population, so incest is to be expected.

In fact, I try to embrace the music, personality, style, phrasing of other's depending on who I'm playing with. I try to reflect their music.

I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.

I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

Bungle is definitely a priority right now.

If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure

I need to broaden my horizons.

After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.

Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas.