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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 a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Able Acoustic Acoustic Guitar Away Good Guitar Instruments Just Reality Right Should Song Strip Voice Write You

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And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Actually Best Close Dad Gives Good Got Idea Know Me Play Players Really See Show Some Some Things Sometimes Technique Things Up Were Would You

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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 right now, and there are a lot of orders that we just got for it.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: About Amplifier Doing End Got Just Lot Made Manufacturing Now Only Orders Right Stages The Only Thing Thing Up

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The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebody's going to make it better than somebody else, and that's the creativity of it. It's like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebody's gonna play it better.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Better Bunch Could Creativity Else Food Give Going Gonna Ingredients Like Make Music People Piece Play Playing Recipe Same Somebody Than Thing You

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I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Always Amount Any Arrangements Dad Detail Hear Heard Hearing Imagination Liked Music Other Really Recollection Rest Same Some Some Things Than Things Thought Until Working

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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 to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Beatles Compared Dad Elements Halen Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Just Liked Lot Missing Music Other People Seemed Things Van Van Halen

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I don't care about a social life.

~Dweezil Zappa

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On the average, I don't spend more than 15 minutes in the car - to go to the golf course or the gym. And that's the only time I listen to the radio.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Average Car Course Go Golf Golf Course Gym Listen Minutes More Only Only Time Radio Spend Than Time 15 Minutes

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If there's some work to be done that seems like it will be fun, I'll do it. I don't take anything seriously at all.

~Dweezil Zappa

Topics: Anything Done Fun Like Seems Seriously Some Take Will Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 5th, 1969

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