A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech self-education political participation and the abolition of censorship. "Kay" Sherman from 1960 to 1964.

His 1966 debut album with the Mothers of Invention Freak Out! combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and organized religion and a forthright and passionate advocate for freedom of speech self-education political participation and the abolition of censorship. Zappa was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.