Jimmy Carl Black

“I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that.”

“In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.”

“Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.”

“I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists.”

“It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now.”

“As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around.”

“I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.”

“We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers.”

“I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together.”

“I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us.”