Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure? Frank Zappa More Quotes by Frank Zappa More Quotes From Frank Zappa 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. Frank Zappa smartpeopleworld There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. Frank Zappa marriagemusiclove Let’s be realistic about this, the guitar can be the single most blasphemous device on the face of the earth. That’s why I like it . . . The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that’s my idea of a good time. Frank Zappa guitarearthideas I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin' — there's more of us UGLY MOTHERFUCKERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out. Frank Zappa cutebeautifulpeople You've got to be digging it while it's happening 'cause it just might be a one shot deal. Frank Zappa diggingatheismmight Of course it's contrived, but once you know how its contrived, you can understand the editorial viewpoint. CNN, for example, when you see where they're really coming from, you can subtract their bias, and get some sort of facts. Sometimes the amount of bias that is imposed in these things is so laughable that it gives you an extra layer of entertainment. Frank Zappa viewpointscnngiving 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. Frank Zappa powerfulfiredirty A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians. Frank Zappa musicairwriting [Lighting a cigarette] Well, I'm not here to impinge on anybody else's lifestyle. If I'm in a place where I know I'm going to harm somebody's health or somebody asks me to please not smoke, I just go outside and smoke. But I do resent the way the nonsmoking mentality has been imposed on the smoking minority. Because, first of all, in a democracy, minorities do have rights. And, second, the whole pitch about smoking has gone from being a health issue to a moral issue, and when they reduce something to a moral issue, it has no place in any kind of legislation, as far as I'm concerned. Frank Zappa issuesrightssmoking I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole. Frank Zappa cynicalcivilizationthinking The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time. Frank Zappa good-timesguitarideas Two things are universal: Hydrogen and stupidity Frank Zappa hydrogenstupiditytwo Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up. Frank Zappa mindinspirationalfunny 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. Frank Zappa nicetalkingkids If we can't be free at least we can be cheap. Frank Zappa ifs It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity Frank Zappa stupiditywould-belong To me absurdity is the only reality Frank Zappa absurdityreality Without deviance from normality, there can be no progress. Frank Zappa deviancenormalityprogress The whole Universe is a large joke. Everything in the Universe are just subdivisions of this joke. So why take anything too serious. Frank Zappa atheismseriouswhole Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. Frank Zappa musicairclouds
