Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
FRANK ZAPPAWriting about music is like dancing about architecture.
FRANK ZAPPAI don’t want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don’t.
FRANK ZAPPAAnything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.
FRANK ZAPPAIf you pick up a guitar and it says, ‘take me, I’m yours,’ then that’s the one for you.
FRANK ZAPPABeware of the fish people, they are the true enemy.
FRANK ZAPPAPolitics is the entertainment branch of industry.
FRANK ZAPPANobody looks good with brown lipstick on.
FRANK ZAPPAArt is making something out of nothing and selling it.
FRANK ZAPPAIf you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
FRANK ZAPPAReality is what it is, not what you want it to be.
FRANK ZAPPAJazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
FRANK ZAPPAThe richest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren’t particularly smart or rich. That leaves me making music. But we can’t talk about that.
FRANK ZAPPAOne size does not fit all.
FRANK ZAPPAEnvironmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes.
FRANK ZAPPAThe difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned.
FRANK ZAPPAYou are what you is, you is what you am, you ain’t what you’re not. So see what you got?
FRANK ZAPPA