Quotes from Trevor Dunn

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

Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.

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

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.

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

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

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

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

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