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Zappa

If you get anywhere near that,you can call it a success

Zappa • 2020
If you get anywhere near that,
you can call it a success

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.007
If you get anywhere near that, you can call it a success.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:24
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
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Movie Summary

An in-depth look into the life and work of musician Frank Zappa.
'Cause you have to rely on all these other people - Zappa 00:05
'Cause you have to rely on all these other people
To do the kind of music theater that we were doing, - Zappa 00:08
To do the kind of music theater that we were doing,
'Cause that was part of what the music was saying - Zappa 00:08
'Cause that was part of what the music was saying
In fact, if we hadn't left Los Angeles, - Zappa 00:07
In fact, if we hadn't left Los Angeles,
I thought that I would love it, - Zappa 00:10
I thought that I would love it,
I just suddenly realized, - Zappa 00:05
I just suddenly realized,
And I don't want to be a triangle player - Zappa 00:08
And I don't want to be a triangle player
That was not anything that appealed to me - Zappa 00:06
That was not anything that appealed to me
And it's not that I was inexperienced as a listener - Zappa 00:08
And it's not that I was inexperienced as a listener
Everything that showed me in that one concert - Zappa 00:08
Everything that showed me in that one concert
I would sit in my orchestration classes at Juilliard - Zappa 00:06
I would sit in my orchestration classes at Juilliard
These classes taught by the greatest people on Earth. - Zappa 00:05
These classes taught by the greatest people on Earth.
One day, I was in one of the piano practice rooms - Zappa 00:18
One day, I was in one of the piano practice rooms
And on this fabulous grand piano, - Zappa 00:07
And on this fabulous grand piano,
And I can't tell you, probably within 30 seconds, - Zappa 00:07
And I can't tell you, probably within 30 seconds,
"What are you doing?" - Zappa 00:10
"What are you doing?"
What are you talking about? It's by a living composer." - Zappa 00:05
What are you talking about? It's by a living composer.&...
And if you were to hear that piece on the piano, - Zappa 00:06
And if you were to hear that piece on the piano,
It was that type of music that he could produce - Zappa 00:07
It was that type of music that he could produce
I didn't live my life and then look back on it and go, - Zappa 00:09
I didn't live my life and then look back on it and go,