Frank Zappa: Rude, Pompous…And Frank
Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 1 January 1972
EVERY ONE has a right to an opinion but there are some who believe he has no right to express it in public. There are occasions when a critic will find himself in the position of being judge, jury and hangman which seldom endears him to the subject of his scrutiny.
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