The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse.

Frank Zappa
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The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse. This quote is an interesting one that speaks to the absurdity of the music industry, but also to the absurdity of life in general. The rock music industry can be viewed as ridiculous and absurd because, like life, it is filled with uncertainty and risk. However, it is also that way because there is a lot of money to be made and a lot of chance involved.

The music business is absurd because the people who make it work hard at it. They take on tremendous risks and they often fail. If they don’t fail, they still produce some bad songs or albums or tours.

They make mistakes and they make different choices all the time. But if you don’t make mistakes over time, you won’t make any creative progress at all; you won’t even become a decent listener or a decent human being!

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