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Is commercial successimportant to you, rather than making enough money to dowhat you want...

Is commercial success
important to you, rather than making enough money to do
what you want to do?

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Is commercial success important to you, rather than
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making enough money to do what you want to do?
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:14
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.
Well, commercial success represents two things. - Eat That Question 00:06
Well, commercial success represents two things.
One, it represents dollars and cents, - Eat That Question 00:08
One, it represents dollars and cents,
The dollars and cents I'm comfortable with right now, - Eat That Question 00:16
The dollars and cents I'm comfortable with right now,
But the problem about reaching a larger audience is... - Eat That Question 00:05
But the problem about reaching a larger audience is...
It's important to me because more people know my face from a poster - Eat That Question 00:16
It's important to me because more people know my face f...
I... I'm famous, but most people don't even know what I do. - Eat That Question 00:06
I... I'm famous, but most people don't even know w...
All right, now that's the melody. - Eat That Question 00:15
All right, now that's the melody.
Chester, you're not singing your drum fills. - Eat That Question 00:16
Chester, you're not singing your drum fills.
Because when you go to school, - Eat That Question 00:08
Because when you go to school,
All they do is teach you just enough - Eat That Question 00:11
All they do is teach you just enough
And there's no emphasis in schools in the United States - Eat That Question 00:08
And there's no emphasis in schools in the United States
Preparing people to live a life that has beautiful things in it. - Eat That Question 00:07
Preparing people to live a life that has beautiful things in...
You know, things that might bring them aesthetic enrichment. - Eat That Question 00:07
You know, things that might bring them aesthetic enrichment.
This is not a major consideration in the United States. - Eat That Question 00:05
This is not a major consideration in the United States.
Don't you feel miffed that you have this stigma attached to you, - Eat That Question 00:18
Don't you feel miffed that you have this stigma attache...
Well, yeah, it's kind of an affliction, but that's not from the kids, - Eat That Question 00:07
Well, yeah, it's kind of an affliction, but that's...
It's another way that the media - Eat That Question 00:06
It's another way that the media
The more abstract and weird they make me look, - Eat That Question 00:13
The more abstract and weird they make me look,
I think there are other people that might agree with it, if they heard it, - Eat That Question 00:11
I think there are other people that might agree with it, if ...
If you read about me in the papers, they write about me like I'm a maniac. - Eat That Question 00:06
If you read about me in the papers, they write about me like...