When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.

I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos.

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn.

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.