Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

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Boyd Blake Riceis an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s. A pioneer of industrial music, Rice was one of the first artists to use a sampler and turntable as an instrument.

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I’ve been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I’ve always been honest, open, and upfront.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

I’ve always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven’t really had to alter it very much ever since.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

The will to label will always prevail over what’s being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don’t even care if these people exist.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

No, seriously, I really don’t have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it’s harnessing the powers of your mind.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician

Well, I use the word Satanist, but I don’t know if I ever really considered myself as somebody who’s into Satan.

Boyd Rice

American experimental musician