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Frank Zappa Quotes

1940–1993 United States

Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.

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Also known as: Zappa, Zappa, Frank

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94 quotes

The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.

In response to Joe Walsh on The Howard Stern Show (1987)

The lessons learnt in the '60s about merchandising stupidity to the American public on a large scale have been used over and over again since that time.

The MOFO Project/Object (2006)

Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.

Watch out where the huskies go,
and don't you eat that yellow snow.

Apostrophe (') (1974)

Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts.

It's time for a revolution, but probably not in the terms that people imagine it.

This concept of one world-ism, everything blended and smoothed out to this mediocre norm that everybody downgrades themselves to be is stupid.

The MOFO Project/Object (2006)

Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see which has people in it who believe a variety of different things.

Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.

Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.

You Are What You Is (1981)

I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.

Cocaine Decisions (1983)

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best…

Joe's Garage Acts II & III (1979)

To me, absurdity is the only reality.

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep.

A wise man once said, "never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment."

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance; it's what makes America great!

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frank Zappa (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.