48 Quotes by Jimmy Carl Black

The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.

I had met Arthur in the 60's when I was with the Mothers and had become good friends. He had moved to Austin because his wife was from there.

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

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.

I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so.

I really like playing live and don't mind being on the road, if it's with the right band. I do like creating in the studio and enjoy the end results.

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.

First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.

I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did.