Frank Zappa quotes - page 2

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)
Hey, you know something people? I'm not black, But there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. View quote
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Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion ? View quote
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Tobacco is my favorite vegetable. View quote
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On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express creatively his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole. View quote
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Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die. (Frank Zappa)
Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. View quote
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The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse. View quote
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I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. View quote
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I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. View quote
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There is no hell, there's only France. View quote
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When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else. View quote
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There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you! View quote
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Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages. View quote
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I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do. View quote
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In a fight between you and the world, pick the world. (Frank Zappa)
If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT. View quote
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Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. View quote
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Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra, as opposed to the Bible? Who wins? View quote
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A wise man once said, "never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment." View quote
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