Shahna

“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.”
― Igor Stravinsky

“The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like.”
― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

“To play without passion is inexcusable!”
― Ludwig van Beethoven

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa