It's one thing to write the music, it's another thing to write it down, it's another thing to play it, and something else altogether again to learn how to play it. These are the elements that are fascinating, and, you know, move my world.

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

I never dreamed that my future would be my husband's past. But it's such a huge past in terms of the recorded content.

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

I think it's okay that there's digital music out there, because that does mean more people have access. I mean, you're a student, and you're studying music, and you want to find a CD of a whole work, but there's one piece that intrigues you. It's easy to get that piece for a dollar for the most part. And it's so easy for people to carry around music digitally.

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

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