The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows.
FRANK ZAPPAEverybody 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 more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it’s going to bother you and then, the worse things get.
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A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.
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Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
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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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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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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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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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The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they’re property.
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There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
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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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Drugs will turn you into your parents.
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Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.
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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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