Mark Mothersbaugh

“I think humans are in a state of de-evolution. We're devolving.”

“Devo was a collecting of information, getting it to a critical mass, and then disseminating it.”

“We were just artists who were using rock and roll as a medium. We weren't rock and roll guys who were trying to be artists.”

“I think Devo was a concept more than a band. It was a philosophy.”

“We weren't anti-technology. We were pro-information.”

“The first thing I do when I get up, I have a cup of coffee, I look at the computer, I look at what's going on.”

“It seemed like a very good instrument, an instrument of the future, to be able to make the sound of a helicopter starting up, a car crash, a baby crying.”

“Technology is a double-edged sword. It can be used for good or for evil.”

“Repetition is a form of change.”

“Creativity is a gift. It's something that you are born with. Some are born with it, some are not.”

“Duty Now for the Future.”

“I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I'm not afraid to be myself.”

“When I look at my old art, I feel like I'm looking at a different person. But I'm not. I'm the same person.”

“I was a bad student. I was a really bad student. I was a terrible student.”

“We created our own universe, Devo. It was our own little world.”

“I think that art is a way of making sense of the world.”

“The world is in a terrible state, but it's always been in a terrible state.”

“I have my own visual vocabulary. I have my own way of looking at things.”

“I'm interested in the future. I'm interested in what's going to happen. I'm not interested in the past.”

“Music has a way of communicating that goes beyond words.”