Somebody under 30, if the name Frank Zappa came up, they would just say, "Who?" To me that didn't sit well, because I felt my dad's accomplishments i….

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

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skille….

Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybody wants everything to sound like the last thing ….

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 see….

I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level them….

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

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

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 els….

I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task because It's not ever going to be plastered all over the ….

There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazi….

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

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 or an orchestra. Frank w….

The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship..

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..

I don't care about a social life..

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

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..

I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked name, so it will be something that we always hav….

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 guit….

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 so….