“Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.” Quote by Gail Zappa
“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.” Would BePastTermHugeHusbandMy HusbandMy Future Author:Gail Zappa
“It's one thing to write the music, it's another thing to write it down, it's another thing to play it, and something else altogether again to learn how to play it. These are the elements that are fascinating, and, you know, move my world.” KnowsWorldWritingPlayMovingOne ThingElementsFascinating Author:Gail Zappa
“It's nice to hear when someone gets something and the sincerity is enough to tickle you. They can have the wrong notes but the essence of it is there, so it makes you laugh, because even when Frank [Zappa]'s music is sad, it makes me laugh.” EnoughLaughingNiceMusic IsEssenceNotesSincerityFrankMake Me LaughMake You LaughZappa Author:Gail Zappa
“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.” KindDifferentWantedStuffSoundExampleTypeMusicianLibraryPianoJust OneFrankGreat MusicPedalsGreat MusicianZappa Author:Gail Zappa
“Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.” HardRealityTodayYoungHard WorkBandCraftsPerformers Author:Elton John
“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.” ThinkingIdentityUltimateClaimsTheftEditsIdentity Theft Author:Gail Zappa
“When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.” WritingPiecesLengthWorking ItComposerSingles Author:Gail Zappa
“If you think about how long it takes to write a piece of music for an orchestra, it's outrageous to me, outrageous.” IfsThinkingWritingLongPiecesOrchestraOutrageous Author:Gail Zappa
“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.” IssuesRightsArgumentBiggerRateApplesDigitalSampling Author:Gail Zappa
“I think it's okay that there's digital music out there, because that does mean more people have access. I mean, you're a student, and you're studying music, and you want to find a CD of a whole work, but there's one piece that intrigues you. It's easy to get that piece for a dollar for the most part. And it's so easy for people to carry around music digitally.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanDoeWholeEasyStudyPiecesStudentsOkayDollarsAccessDigitalIntrigueCdsEasy To GetOne PieceStudying MusicDigital Music Author:Gail Zappa