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"Well, the [[Conceptual Continuity|conceptual continuity]] is this: everything, even this interview, is part of what I do for, let's call it, my entertainment work. And there's a big difference between sitting here and talking about this kind of stuff, and writing a song like '[[Titties 'n Beer|Titties and Beer]]'. But as far as I'm concerned, it's all part of the same continuity. It's all one piece. It all relates in some weird way back to the focal point of what's going on."</blockquote> | "Well, the [[Conceptual Continuity|conceptual continuity]] is this: everything, even this interview, is part of what I do for, let's call it, my entertainment work. And there's a big difference between sitting here and talking about this kind of stuff, and writing a song like '[[Titties 'n Beer|Titties and Beer]]'. But as far as I'm concerned, it's all part of the same continuity. It's all one piece. It all relates in some weird way back to the focal point of what's going on."</blockquote> | ||
<div align=right>— [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], ''[[Interview by Bob Marshall]]'', October 22, 1988.</div> | <div align=right>— [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], ''[[Interview by Bob Marshall]]'', October 22, 1988.</div> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>''"[[Biography|Frank]] had a philosophy, that he related to me at one time which was, an artist's career should not be judged on any singular project, no single record, film or any other individual piece of work. Frank felt that a person's art could only be judged as part of the whole of their career. Each individual creation was a part of that whole. No critique of any single work could change the overall end result, which was what should be seen as an artist's entire body of work. Only in that end result can it be judged and critiqued."'' - [http://www.earcandymag.com/turtles.htm Interview with [[Flo & Eddie|Mark Volman of the Turtles]], Ear Candy Magazine, August 2001]</blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 03:17, 21 October 2021
"Well, the conceptual continuity is this: everything, even this interview, is part of what I do for, let's call it, my entertainment work. And there's a big difference between sitting here and talking about this kind of stuff, and writing a song like 'Titties and Beer'. But as far as I'm concerned, it's all part of the same continuity. It's all one piece. It all relates in some weird way back to the focal point of what's going on."
"Frank had a philosophy, that he related to me at one time which was, an artist's career should not be judged on any singular project, no single record, film or any other individual piece of work. Frank felt that a person's art could only be judged as part of the whole of their career. Each individual creation was a part of that whole. No critique of any single work could change the overall end result, which was what should be seen as an artist's entire body of work. Only in that end result can it be judged and critiqued." - Interview with Mark Volman of the Turtles, Ear Candy Magazine, August 2001
See Also
- Conceptual Continuity (BTB) - CD issued as part of the Beat The Boots series.
- Category:Conceptual Continuity - Listing of concepts Zappa used in his works
