A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
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.
More Frank Zappa Quotes
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Stupidity has a certain charm – ignorance does not.
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I don’t want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don’t.
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Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
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Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
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I don’t want to see any religious people in public office because they’re working for another boss.
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Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.
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There are only two things to remember. Number one: Don’t Stop, and number two: Keep going!
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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
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There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
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Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.
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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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Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.
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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
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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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There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we’d all love one another.
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Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on.
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Republican is fine, if your a millionaire. Democrats is fair, if all you own is what you wear. Neither of them’s really right, cause neither of them care.
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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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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.
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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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Don’t mind your make-up, you’d better make your mind up.
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To me absurdity is the only reality.
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A composer’s job involves the decoration of fragments of time.
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Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.
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