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.

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.

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

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.

Decisions shape destiny. Be bold to make them. The worst form of decision is INDECISION

Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They're the most vicious creatures in the world.

Praise is the most efficient tool to win many battles at once. It is through praise that the walls of Jericho collapsed, the same way Paul and Silas praised their way out of jail.

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.

Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.

TV can be a long commitment.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

I guess I'm too outspoken.

War has crossed out the day and replaced it with horror, and now horrors are unfolding instead of days.