Jimmy Carl Black Quotes

American - Musician | February 1, 1938 -

Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions.

Jimmy Carl Black

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I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that.

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I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

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I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists.

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It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in.

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I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

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It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now.

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My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that.

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I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.

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Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.

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MusicGreatCreativityMusiciansYou

We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.

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I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us.

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