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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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Nothing weird about that as long as you do it in a meaningful way.

Oui interview (1979)

People are just waiting around to get certified.

Oui interview (1979)

Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black,
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white.

Freak Out! (1966)

TO ARMS! TO ARMS! Hooray! That's great! Two legs ain't bad unless there's a crate. They ship the parts to mama for souvenirs: two ears -- Get Down!

You Are What You Is (1981)

Why should I smile when I'm sitting here with you?

Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)

Organized religions by their very natures are misleading.

Oui interview (1979)

"Valley Girl" (co-written with Moon Zappa).

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)

There isn’t anything weird about my music.

Oui interview (1979)

We're not talking light-hearted foolishness here — when we go for stupid we go for BIG STUPID — like people who shoot at you on the freeway, or the Rambos and Rambo-ettes who blow people away in shopping malls and fast-food restaurants with automatic weapons.

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
That's right!
You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
Yes yes!

Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

Do you think you are protecting somebody by taking away seven words?

Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)

Because it all comes from inside. As a matter of fact, that’s where it stays.

Oui interview (1979)

Gail has said in interviews that one of the things that makes our relationship work is the fact that we hardly ever get to talk to each other.

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

So many books, so little time.

Tell you what — Kiss my ass! How do you like that…?

Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)

I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin' — there's more of us UGLY MOTHERFUCKERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out.

Tinseltown Rebellion (1981)

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

On Ventura, there she goes
She just bought some bitch'n clothes
Tosses her head n flips her hair
She got a whole bunch of nothin in there

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)

There’s no reason to assume that my idea of what‘s better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their ideas of betterness on me.

Oui interview (1979)

Let ’em enjoy it. It’s there for their edification. But total comprehension is out of the question.

Oui interview (1979)

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