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james_nicoll's journal, the quote "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" came up, with the attribution to Frank Zappa and, I think, observation that it's hard to track down where/whether Zappa said it. A quick Google got me a discussion of who said it first, which comes to no firm conclusion, but eliminates some possibilities (e.g., some people credit Laurie Anderson, but she says she got it from Steve Martin) and includes an email from someone who decided to try dancing about architecture. At an open mic.
james_nicoll's journal, the quote "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" came up, with the attribution to Frank Zappa and, I think, observation that it's hard to track down where/whether Zappa said it. A quick Google got me a discussion of who said it first, which comes to no firm conclusion, but eliminates some possibilities (e.g., some people credit Laurie Anderson, but she says she got it from Steve Martin) and includes an email from someone who decided to try dancing about architecture. At an open mic.