Few guitarists gave better interviews than the late Frank Zappa, who received his second Guitar Player cover in February 1983.
In a wide ranging interview, Zappa had some particularly pertinent things to say about how video was going to affect music, here in the early days of MTV.
“If you have to function in a visual medium, you’re going to wind up doing things that look good instead of sound good. I mean, you can be playing the most beautiful music in the world, but if you’re just sitting there like a lump, that doesn’t really stimulate the video viewer, nor does it stimulate the guy who programs the videotapes. And it probably won’t even get on the air.”
There’s more from Zappa on playing, writing, recording and the music business here.
