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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Music is always a commentary on society.

Music is always a commentary on society.

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...

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...

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

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.

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people...

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people...

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

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

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

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...

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...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

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,...

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...

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

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...