Buckley, Peter (17. 11. 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock: [The Definitive Guide to More Than 1200 Artists and Bands] (3rd изд.). London, United Kingdom: Rough Guides. стр. 1211. ISBN978-1-84353-105-0. „As a teenager Zappa was simultaneously enthralled by black R&B (Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Guitar Slim), doo-wop (The Channels, The Velvets), the modernism of Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webem, and the dissonant sound experiments of Edgard Varese.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)