I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.

My obligation is to release the music the way Frank [Zappa] released it.

When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.

You can't get a guitar player like Dweezil without his commitment to the work that it takes A) to be the musician that he is and B) to the music itself.

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.