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" 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. "

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" I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though. "

Jimmy Carl Black

Lived

Nothing

" It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in. "

" Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period. "

" I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name is Monika and she is beautiful. She is one of the biggest women Zappa fans I have ever met in my life. "

" I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists. "

Jimmy Carl Black

Rock

Think

" I use Windows; '98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months ago and am fascinated with the possibilities. I don't know what I would do without it now. "

Jimmy Carl Black

You

Possibilities

" I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Jimmy Carl Black

Lifestyle

Wild

" We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex. "

" I've done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they're together. "

" Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding. "

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

Jimmy Carl Black

Fans

Nice

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

" 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. "

" I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did. "

" My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that. "

" My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will. "

" Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions. "

" I'm doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It's very important to me - and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet. "

Jimmy Carl Black

Rock

Mother

" We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers. "

" 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 think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road. "

" 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. "