So many stories begin in the same way, and "It all started with rock 'n ' roll " has become today's cliché. But Frank Zappa breaks the pattern – for him, rock 'n' roll was the by-product of his ongoing relationship with serious music. Debuting on drums at the age of twelve, Zappa began writing chamber music when he turned fourteen, invading the local library armed only with a piece of music paper, a C-5 Speedball pen, a bottle of India ink, and his own consuming intellectual and creative curiosity. Prior to that time, his ambitions had gravitated toward visual art forms – drawing, painting, and graphics – so he approached music from an artist's perspective. "Although I'd heard records," he reminisced, ensconced in the soft sanctuary of a pillow chair, "I started off writing music without having the faintest idea of how it worked. Since I was in art and I could manipulate all these art utensils, I figured, 'Well, why don't I draw some music and then I'll find a musician and have him play it and see what it sounds like?' And that's the way the early stuff was." (read more)

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