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Music can be so disturbing and...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

On the average, I don't spend ...

On the average, I don't spend more than 15 minutes in the car - to go to the golf course or the gym. And that's the only time I listen to the radio.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

For me, the most difficult thi...

For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I mean, no offense, but I don'...

I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

Just because something has tub...

Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing is designed well and it sounds good.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

There's no difference in a lot...

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

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I don't care about a social li...

I don't care about a social life.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I feel that through my father'...

I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I'm game for anything fun....

I'm game for anything fun.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

If there's some work to be don...

If there's some work to be done that seems like it will be fun, I'll do it. I don't take anything seriously at all.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I didn't really hear any other...

I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

I liked a lot of the things ot...

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

Modern records are all made wi...

Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing that was popular because they're chasing their tails.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

The thing with food is that yo...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

Everybody else goes out and pl...

Everybody else goes out and plays a show as if it's their album, which is boring. I'd rather sit at home and listen to the album, because I hate to be in a smoke-filled, loud room - that's not enjoyable for me at all...I always look up to guys who can sit and do dinner music...they're singing in tune and playing somebody else's music, and I don't think I could do that...it's the shittiest job in the world.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

The Silvertop and the Goldtop ...

The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortion/fuzz elements.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

But the reality is when you wr...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

While it is true that Frank ha...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

Yes, but I view Frank's music ...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

While it is true that Frank ha...

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.

Dweezil Zappa 51 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....