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Dweezil Zappa Quotes

American - Musician | September 5, 1969 -

There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.

Work Father Music People Stone Been

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.

Good Song Voice Reality Guitar You

I'm game for anything fun.

Fun Game Anything

The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebody's going to make it better than somebody else, and that's the creativity of it. It's like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebody's gonna play it better.

Music Food Creativity People Better

Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.

Work Music Words View Rock Band

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

Patience Music Great Humor Memory

Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a couple of lessons on fundamentals, and gave me some scales and practice things to work on. But I pretty much learned everything by ear.

Work Time Practice Me Guitar Right

Well, I haven't been doing that much work with other people per se. I started doing more of that.

Work People Doing More Started Well

We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least 3 months. If it took him that long to be comfortable we probably would need double the amount, but It's just not financially possible to do so.

Learn Long Comfortable Will Possible

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

Good People Musicians Minds Between

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.

Music Time Nothing Radio Magazines

Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.

Business Music Fun Control Nothing

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