Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa: The Story of Frank Zappa

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Frank read the ‘talking asshole’ section from Burroughs’ Naked Lunch. Frank and Burroughs were pictured together at the event in Rolling Stone; later, over dinner, they discussed the possibility of

A lot of what we do is designed to annoy people to the point where they might just for a second question enough of their environment to do something about it. As long as they don’t feel their environment, they don’t worry about it, they’re not going to do anything to change it. And something’s got to be done before America scarfs up the world and s

“The people who want to censor do not care about saving your children,” he told David Sheff. “They care about one thing – getting re-elected. Let’s face it, folks: Politicians in the United States are the scum of the earth. We have to go after them individually because they’re varmints. The legislation they are passing, piece by piece, converts Ame

“I really like the instrument and I really like to play,” he added, “but when the responsibility for running the business rests on my shoulders, there isn’t any time to practise.” Nor did he feel the need to wear it on-stage all the time. “I’m not a very good singer and I don’t have very good breath control. And the weight of the guitar on your sho

“Taste is reinforced by what gets broadcast, and it’s reinforced by who receives those stupid awards on those horrible award shows that keep coming up over and over and over again.”2

Thesaurus Of Scales And Patterns [published when Frank was six years old]

The last track on the album is also the longest; at 13 minutes, ‘The Ocean Is The Only Solution’ is a trio improvisation that scurries through a series of complex rhythmic patterns before settling into a fuzz guitar solo over a fast,

“Look, in the 1950s a teenager was an unwanted commodity. Nobody knew yet that that was the new big consumer market. They were just troublemakers, you know, so teenagers were just sort of swept under the rug. They were the wild teenage thrill seekers and