Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
Frank ZappaI searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.
Frank ZappaYou don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.
Frank ZappaOf course it's contrived, but once you know how its contrived, you can understand the editorial viewpoint. CNN, for example, when you see where they're really coming from, you can subtract their bias, and get some sort of facts. Sometimes the amount of bias that is imposed in these things is so laughable that it gives you an extra layer of entertainment.
Frank ZappaPeople will always have the desire to make rock and roll records, and they'll always have the desire to sell rock and roll records. Most of the people making these records do it because it is a business, and if someone says, "You can't do this", they won't complain. They'll just keep making records, but they'll get blander and blander. There'll still be rock and roll, but compared to what it really could be or ought to be, I don't think it'll be all that terrific.
Frank Zappa