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

It's nice to hear when someone gets something and the sincerity is enough to tickle you. They can have the wrong notes but the essence of it is there, so it makes you laugh, because even when Frank [Zappa]'s music is sad, it makes me laugh.

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

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.

If you think about how long it takes to write a piece of music for an orchestra, it's outrageous to me, outrageous.

Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over digital rights, which I had.

When I put out the records, when I make a distribution deal, those distributors tell me who they sell it to and how many copies. So I want nothing less.