"Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa", in MOJO magazine (October 1993).
Variant: Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read
Source: The Real Frank Zappa Book
“Most rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read. ”
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