I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? Frank Zappa More Quotes by Frank Zappa More Quotes From Frank Zappa The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like. Frank Zappa radiomusicalsound This here song might offend some, if it does it's because your dumb. Frank Zappa dumbsongfriendship The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese. Frank Zappa guitarmusicdrama Producing satire is kind of hopeless because of the literacy rate of the American public. Frank Zappa insulthopelesskind She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago. His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato. Frank Zappa namesfriendshiplooks Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride. Frank Zappa musicbelieveart Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Frank Zappa senioreducationalmotivational I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it's much better musically than much of what's available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content. Frank Zappa suspectstermthinking Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great. Frank Zappa roughignoranceamerica Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see which has people in it who believe a variety of different things. Frank Zappa differentbelievepeople Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. Frank Zappa musichumorousfunny Environmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes. Frank Zappa lawairwater I write the music I like. If other people like it, fine, they can go buy the albums. And if they don't like it, there's always Michael Jackson for them to listen to. Frank Zappa albumswritingpeople Scientists believe that the universe is made of hydrogen because they claim it's the most plentiful ingredient. I claim that the most plentiful ingredient is stupidity. Frank Zappa hydrogenstupiditybelieve Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a vocal group called the Jewels ... , or Webern, or Varèse, or Stravinsky. To me it was all good music. Frank Zappa differencesjewelslistening It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money. Frank Zappa despicabletormentshare Weedly-weedly-wee, make a face, hold your guitar like it's your weenie, point it heavenward, and look like you're really doing something. Then, you get a big ovation while the smoke bombs go off, and the motorized lights in your truss twirl around. Frank Zappa ovationguitarlight You is what you am, a cow don't make ham. Frank Zappa hamadagescows My balls feel like a pair of maracas. Frank Zappa pairsballshonesty There is no hell. There is only France. Frank Zappa francehellfunny
