A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

Quote by Frank Zappa

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Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me...

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me...

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....

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

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

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

It isnt necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice there are two...

It isnt necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice there are two...

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

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

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

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...

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

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...

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is:...

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is:...

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not

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,...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

Journalism is in fact history on the run.

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...