The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul will grow sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its unlawful laws have made unlawful.
— Captain Beefheart Contemporary

Avant-garde musician

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Attributed, likely misattributed or paraphrased, but reflects his philosophy

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