Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.

Quote by Frank Zappa

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No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in...

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in...

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say,...

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say,...

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a...

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a...

The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it...

The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it...

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or...

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or...

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Music is always a commentary on society.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two...

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two...

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical...

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical...

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in...

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in...

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves....

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves....

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...

We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom...