A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.
FRANK ZAPPAMy best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.
More Frank Zappa Quotes
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A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
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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.
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Environmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes.
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Music is always a commentary on society.
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There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it’s going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.
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The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows.
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
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The closer you are, the brighter the flames in my heart.
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Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.
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So many books, so little time.
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If we can’t be free at least we can be cheap.
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A composer’s job involves the decoration of fragments of time.
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Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.
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Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.
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We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.
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