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Frank Zappa quotes

American Musician December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993

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Frank Zappa quote: "No change in musical style will survive unless it is..."
No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to. 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. Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "All the good music has already been written by people with..."
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. Frank Zappa
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds. Frank Zappa
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
Frank Zappa quote: "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring..."
Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "Music is the only religion that delivers the goods."
Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me..."
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. Frank Zappa
Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned--I support your right to enjoy it. However, I would appreciate it if you exhibited more respect for the rights of those people who do not wish to share your dogma, rapture, or necrodestination. Frank Zappa
The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents? because they have a tame child-creature in their house. Frank Zappa
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
[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... Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "Books Are Good For Lots Of Uses, Not For Dropping In The Toilet."
Books Are Good For Lots Of Uses, Not For Dropping In The Toilet. Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of..."
The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse. Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa quote: "So many books, so little time."
So many books, so little time. Frank Zappa

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