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I figured, well, if I couldjust draw those things on the paper, then you hand it to a...

I figured, well, if I could
just draw those things on the paper, then you hand it to a musician,
and a musician knows how to read it, and then he can play it, so that's what I did

Full Transcript

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I figured, well, if I could just draw those things on the paper,
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then you hand it to a musician, and a musician knows how to read it,
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and then he can play it, so that's what I did.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:32
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
Yeah. I didn't write a rock-and-roll song until I was about 21 or 22 years old. - Eat That Question 00:07
Yeah. I didn't write a rock-and-roll song until I was a...
And prior to that time, the only thing that I was writing - Eat That Question 00:06
And prior to that time, the only thing that I was writing
You play a bicycle? - Eat That Question 00:15
You play a bicycle?
He probably was selling insurance or something, - Eat That Question 00:32
He probably was selling insurance or something,
Now, the tape is pre-recorded electric noises that I stuck together. - Eat That Question 00:07
Now, the tape is pre-recorded electric noises that I stuck t...
But now the... The way we work this is, - Eat That Question 00:20
But now the... The way we work this is,
I must say that I am always in favor of enlarging the horizons, - Eat That Question 00:29
I must say that I am always in favor of enlarging the horizo...
They're interested in working with their hands, - Eat That Question 00:06
They're interested in working with their hands,
Now, when you want to play music - Eat That Question 00:12
Now, when you want to play music
They don't make it easy for you to be a musician. - Eat That Question 00:05
They don't make it easy for you to be a musician.
In the United States especially, - Eat That Question 00:17
In the United States especially,
But musicians usually are regarded as sort of the scum of the earth, - Eat That Question 00:17
But musicians usually are regarded as sort of the scum of th...
This particular project has been very expensive. - Eat That Question 00:06
This particular project has been very expensive.
We are the other people We are the other people - Eat That Question 00:19
We are the other people We are the other people
Do you think that I creep in the night - Eat That Question 00:08
Do you think that I creep in the night
Let me take a minute to tell you my plan - Eat That Question 00:13
Let me take a minute to tell you my plan
Record companies have a peculiar way of making sure - Eat That Question 00:08
Record companies have a peculiar way of making sure
And don't you get a feeling that now, with your records moving up in the charts, - Eat That Question 00:06
And don't you get a feeling that now, with your records...
- I've been hearing that. - Do I look like - Eat That Question 00:07
- I've been hearing that. - Do I look like
Before that, you never got your music heard by anybody, isn't that correct? - Eat That Question 00:05
Before that, you never got your music heard by anybody, isn&...