I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.
FRANK ZAPPAThe illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.
More Frank Zappa Quotes
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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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The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
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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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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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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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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
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Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on.
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One size does not fit all.
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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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Don’t mind your make-up, you’d better make your mind up.
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The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion.
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If you pick up a guitar and it says, ‘take me, I’m yours,’ then that’s the one for you.
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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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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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The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.
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If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
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One and one is eleven.
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Music is always a commentary on society.
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The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life.
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To me absurdity is the only reality.
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Modern music is people who can’t think signing artists who can’t write songs to make records for people who can’t hear.
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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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It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.
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Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.
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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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