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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Music is always a commentary on society.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block...

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block...

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.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf...

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

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 -...

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...

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...

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 -...

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

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...

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules,...

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules,...

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.