Frank Zappa - Rock Quotes

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Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.

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No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

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Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock'n roll musicians go to the garages.

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The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse.

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I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content. One good believable song about some guy's girlfriend and how they broke up — a sincere one — is better than twenty albums of English rock that's ever been produced.

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Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.

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