Jimmy Carl Black American Musician Quotations

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother.

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

I think he might miss everything he used to do but I don't know that for a fact. His wife is probably the only one that does. A sweet lady.

I think he had one of the best voices I have ever heard. People say that I come close to his sound - and maybe it's true since I admired it so much.

There are many old fans that come to see me play and a lot of his younger fans that have gotten into the old recordings of the M.O.I.

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

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.

It's the so called EXPERTS that say things to me that we did, or Frank did, that are absolutely not true and they will argue with me saying that I'm wrong.

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.