Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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The 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.
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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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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.
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If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep.
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I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.
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The difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned.
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May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face.
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We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!
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Beware of the fish people, they are the true enemy.
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A composer’s job involves the decoration of fragments of time.
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Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
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Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?
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My 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.
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Drugs will turn you into your parents.
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Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on.
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