94 quotes
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT.
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
I consider that the building materials are exactly the same as what anybody else makes the thing out of. It's just the way they look at those materials is perhaps a narrower perspective. Time and those waves are at the disposal of anyone who wants to use them.
No Commercial Potential : The Saga of Frank Zappa (1972)
I can’t see any authority on the horizon that’s got any answers that seem worthwhile. Most of the things that are suggested are probably detrimental to your mental health.
Oui interview (1979)
There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!
You Are What You Is (1981)
Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?
Apostrophe (') (1974)
A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
Well, I thought that it might be nice if it was handled a little bit more modern and efficient way, without people getting slaughtered in the street. It's a matter of infiltration.
Every socialistic type of government… produces bad art, produces social inertia, produces really unhappy people, and it's more repressive than any other kind of government.
Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?
There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something, we'd all love one another.
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
I never claimed to be a man for all seasons.
Oui interview (1979)
There is no hell. There is only France.
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore (1991)
For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywhere was at a Holiday Inn buffet in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1973.
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra, as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.
Interview on the Today Show NBC (1993)
The lifestyle that I have is probably neither desirable nor useful to most people.
Oui interview (1979)