Song Quotes by Dweezil Zappa

13 Song quotes by Dweezil Zappa

If you’ve ever wondered how Dweezil frames song, this handful of quotes gives a quick, unfiltered peek. The snippets are short but carry his characteristic blend of humor and musical curiosity, making it a handy reference point.

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I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.

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Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.

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There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

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Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a…

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But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have…

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About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It's in the manufacturing stages…

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For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant…

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Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing…

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The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different…

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I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the…

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Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but…

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If you only ever heard "Valley Girl," or "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," or a song that has a comedic narrative, you…

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I was given all of my dad's guitars when he passed, and they were being stored at the house. My mother decided…

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Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band…

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I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it…

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