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I don't do it for political leaders, I don't do it for unions, I don't do it for...

Frank Zappa: I don't do it for political leaders, I don't do it for unions, I don't do it for organizations, I do it for music. We've been offered three or four times to play for the big communist party picnic in France, which is the big social event that they have every summer, and they offer a lot of money. I don't want to work for communists. Fuck the communists. I don't like those people. I do my music for people who like music

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I don't do it for the Pope and I don't do it for political leaders
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I don't do it for unions I don't do it for organizations
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I do it for music
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We've been offered three or four times
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to play for the big communist party picnic in France
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you know the Which is the big social event there they have every summer
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And they offer a lot of money
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You know We'll pay you Come and do this
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Everybody will see you
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No I don't want to work for the Communists
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Fuck the Communists you know
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I don't like those people
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And I do my music for people who like music
Duration
34 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:48
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

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An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
"Everybody will see you." - Eat That Question 00:05
"Everybody will see you."
Fuck the Communists you know - Eat That Question 00:06
Fuck the Communists you know
And I do my music for people who like music. - Eat That Question 00:05
And I do my music for people who like music.
That's Frank Zappa, ladies and gentlemen, one of the legends, legendary man. - Eat That Question 00:06
That's Frank Zappa, ladies and gentlemen, one of the le...
You always were a renegade against the music business. - Eat That Question 00:05
You always were a renegade against the music business.
Because it's designed to create product and not to create music. - Eat That Question 00:06
Because it's designed to create product and not to crea...
Well, the music business, as a business, - Eat That Question 00:07
Well, the music business, as a business,
All right, here is Frank Zappa's new album called Tinseltown Rebellion. - Eat That Question 00:10
All right, here is Frank Zappa's new album called Tinse...
"The people there think substance is a bore - Eat That Question 00:20
"The people there think substance is a bore
That the lyrics have the intellectual consistency of toothpaste? - Eat That Question 00:05
That the lyrics have the intellectual consistency of toothpa...
...from something that I prepared for Newsweek magazine, - Eat That Question 00:06
...from something that I prepared for Newsweek magazine,
{\an8}I wrote this little article for the section in there that's called "My Turn," - Eat That Question 00:14
{\an8}I wrote this little article for the section in there t...
Everything that we choose to do, we always settle for something that's cheesy, - Eat That Question 00:20
Everything that we choose to do, we always settle for someth...
And we're not concerned enough about the quality of our lives. - Eat That Question 00:05
And we're not concerned enough about the quality of our...
I sense though that there is a deep, permanent, irreversible cynicism in you. - Eat That Question 00:08
I sense though that there is a deep, permanent, irreversible...
I used to play all kinds of stuff - Eat That Question 00:49
I used to play all kinds of stuff
I write the songs That make the young girls cry - Eat That Question 00:07
I write the songs That make the young girls cry
Did you know that in Tinseltown - Eat That Question 00:19
Did you know that in Tinseltown
And plastic groups - Eat That Question 00:06
And plastic groups
And groups that look real queer - Eat That Question 00:12
And groups that look real queer