I watched an interview yesterday with Frank Zappa talking about John Lennon and Yoko Ono stealing music from him.
Zappa was a great storyteller and at the end, the interviewer nervously laughed. Realizing that he probably shouldn’t have found the story funny, he apologized….
That is when Zappa used today’s quote. In his deep and mellow voice,
“Go ahead and laugh, what’s the difference…..”
We can’t do anything to change how people react to us. Whatever our intentions may be and if the outcome isn’t the way we planned. Words will be hard to fix it or cover it up.
I finished the Chalkboard and sat down at the typewriter. That is when I realized I didn’t say something in the grabber section about Mardi Gras. No Lagniappe, no gumbo, no “Laissez les bon temps rouler.”
Instead I gave the countdown to what seems right now to be a horrific event in American history.
Many things can happen in 265 days. Whatever does happen….
Go ahead and laugh, what’s the difference?
