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Well, the first time I ever got paid for playing music
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Well, the first time I evergot paid for playing music was when I was 15

Well, the first time I ever
got paid for playing music was when I was 15

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Well, the first time I ever got paid for playing music
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was when I was 15.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:29
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.
And I started off as a drummer, - Eat That Question 00:08
And I started off as a drummer,
We used to rehearse over at this preacher's house, - Eat That Question 00:16
We used to rehearse over at this preacher's house,
I was reading about the first time you ever composed a piece of music. - Eat That Question 00:06
I was reading about the first time you ever composed a piece...
And I don't know if it was really a piece of music, - Eat That Question 00:11
And I don't know if it was really a piece of music,
I always thought music looked nice on paper, - Eat That Question 00:09
I always thought music looked nice on paper,
They were the wrong color, so I couldn't pass 'em, - Eat That Question 00:06
They were the wrong color, so I couldn't pass 'em,
I figured, well, if I could just draw those things on the paper, - Eat That Question 00:10
I figured, well, if I could just draw those things on the pa...
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.