Jimmy Carl Black Quotes

• When some guy shows up with a shopping bag full of records and CD’s and wants me to sign every one plus fifteen pieces of blank paper I wonder what the hell is he doing with all of that?

  Jimmy Carl Black

• We never got anything out of the recordings. I’m still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank’s songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• My drum sticks are in the “Hall of Fame.” I know that.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• Most people are really cool and I really don’t mind talking to them and answering their questions.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• It was a wild time – a time that I don’t miss anymore. But then again, I’m 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank’s at now.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa’s satirical lyric’s than anyone that I know of.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I’ve done every tour with them since then and will always be with them as long as they’re together.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I’ve been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I’m doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It’s very important to me – and I feel it should be for every living human on this planet.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I’m still hoping though.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I use Windows; ’98 second edition and it works very good for me. You know, I just started on the computer about 9 months ago and am fascinated with the possibilities. I don’t know what I would do without it now.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn’t get paid for it like they did.

  Jimmy Carl Black

• I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

  Jimmy Carl Black

Jimmy Carl Black (30)

Birth:	1st February, 1938
Death:	1st November, 2008
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Drummer

About

James Carl Inkanish, Jr., known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black was born in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was a drummer for The Mothers of Invention from 1964-1970. Best known for his work with Frank Zappa and original drummer in the first line-up of 'The Mothers', with his introductory line "Hi, boys and girls- I’m Jimmy Carl Black, and I’m the Indian of the group”. His albums list (with The Mothers of Invention) shown below: Freak Out!, Absolutely Free, We're Only in It for the Money, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, Uncle Meat, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, and Weasels Ripped My Flesh. He worked as a drummer for other bands, including Geronimo Black, The Grandmothers, The Muffin Men, and The Farrell and Black Band.

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