I think ingenuity is part of our DNA. That plus curiosity, plus the willingness to commit.

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

I never dreamed that my future would be my husband's past. But it's such a huge past in terms of the recorded content.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

It's the ultimate identity theft when you start messing with somebody's work. Thinking that you could edit the work, or mix it differently, or re-EQ it, or make claims about it that aren't true.

Certainly Apple has improved enormously. At the beginning, the sampling rate was an issue for me, but a bigger argument was over digital rights, which I had.

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.

When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.

If you think about how long it takes to write a piece of music for an orchestra, it's outrageous to me, outrageous.

If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher.

My beloved jay, give me a name now. call out the name you give me, looking into the deepest place in your heart. Everytime you call my name, I'll fly to you and be your wings.

Romantic Suspense, we love you so. You make us cringe, and give us hope. Sometimes we lust, sometimes we cry, But in the end, you make us sigh.

I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies.

Seat belts come with a car so therefore you should be required to use them, but a helmet does not come with the bike.

As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.

We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.

I'm a thug, but I swear for three days I cried.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.