Frank Zappa Quotes

• Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?

  Frank Zappa

  Winning   People   Died  

  Late Night Special BBC, 1993.

  1776

• If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?

  Frank Zappa

  Love   People   Speech  

  1215

• 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

  Inspirational   Life   Rights  

  1494

• The closer you are, the brighter the flames in my heart.

  Frank Zappa

  Romantic   Heart   Flames  

  1508

• Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.

  Frank Zappa

  Work   Moving   Dental Floss  

  4128

• Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It's two steps removed from the Inquisition.

  Frank Zappa

  Two   Abnormal   Steps  

  Interview on Channel 4, June 1, 1983.

  3957

• Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

  Frank Zappa

  Rocks   Taste   Conservative  

  4889

• On the Planet of Baritone women, they talk low.

  Frank Zappa

  Outer Space   Lows   Baritones  

  3204

• I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.

  Frank Zappa

  Thinking   People   Mental Health  

  YouTube Chanel "hazzaroonee"/ "cocaine decisions", www.youtube.com. February 24, 2007.

  3796

• You can bet everything will come to an end. It's going to be ugly and it's going to be a mess, and it's going to be something that somebody did in the name of God.

  Frank Zappa

  Names   Ugly   Ends  

  3303

• The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time.

  Frank Zappa

  Guitar   Ideas   Good Times  

  4009

• I'm not going to be Bill Clinton and say I never inhaled. I did inhale. I liked tobacco a lot better.

  Frank Zappa

  Marijuana   Bills   Clinton  

  1338

• The people of your century no longer require the service of composers. A composer is as useful to a person in a jogging suit as a dinsoaur turd in the middle of his runway.

  Frank Zappa

  People   Suits   Jogging  

  705

• . . . behind each breakaway movement is a breakaway demagogue who will set up his breakaway demagogue government.

  Frank Zappa

  Government   Movement   Behinds  

  3940

• I'm the best you can get. Have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozin' out from your TV set!

  Frank Zappa

  Tvs   Slime  

  Song: I'm the Slime, Album: Over-Nite Sensation

  985

• Anybody hear the great news, today? Jimmy Swaggart under investigation! Oh Ja-eezus! One day every one of those cocksuckers will get caught! I understand in the case of Mr. Swaggart, that he claims that it was not multiple encounters with many prostitutes - apparently, only one sweet young thing. And he did tell Cal Thomas of the Moral Majority that the sex act itself was not fully consumated. However he did admit to doing something por-no-graphic with the girl. Let's use our imaginations, ladies and gentlemen.

  Frank Zappa

  Girl   Sweet   Sex  

  4898

• The minute you use the drugs, and you do something that interferes with the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of the guy next door, you're a criminal, and you ought to be punished for that especially if you're in a position where your actions could affect large numbers of people. Being a doctor, a legislator, a judge, an airline pilot, where somebody's life depends on you.

  Frank Zappa

  Pursuit Of Happiness   Numbers   Doctors  

  Source: afka.net

  1800

• I think love lyrics have contributed to the general aura of bad mental health in America.

  Frank Zappa

  Depression   Thinking   America  

  1228

• If you are home, and you got no place to go, and you want to, just blow yourself up ... Go ahead ... The drugs themselves ... There's a price for doing stuff to yourself.

  Frank Zappa

  Home   Blow   Drug  

  Source: afka.net

  4467

• All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn't read, and their rulers didn't care about remembering what happened to them.

  Frank Zappa

  Class   Amusement   Care  

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• The crux of the biscuit is: If it entertains you, fine. Enjoy it. If it doesn't, then blow it out your ass. I do it to amuse myself. If I like it, I release it. If somebody else likes it, that's a bonus.

  Frank Zappa

  Blow   Atheism   Bonus  

  1377

• Did you ever consider that LSD was really one of the most dangerous drugs ever manufactured because the people who took it turned into yuppies?

  Frank Zappa

  Yuppies   People   Hatred  

  1946

• The most abundant element in the Universe is stupidity

  Frank Zappa

  Hydrogen Fuel   Stupidity   Elements  

  3116

• My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.

  Frank Zappa

  Education   School   All Time Low  

  2863

• Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

  Frank Zappa

  Positive   Inspiring   Science  

  4671

• Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.

  Frank Zappa

  Music   Time   Bills  

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• The FCC extorts broadcasters by threatening to take away their licenses for infringements which are usually the result of complaints from an extreme, right wing, tiny bunch of individuals.

  Frank Zappa

  Wings   Fcc   Tiny  

  Source: afka.net

  3406

• Sit and spin 'til you rot on the cosmic utensil.

  Frank Zappa

  Utensils   Cosmic  

  1259

• These girls wouldn't let just anybody spew on their vital parts, they wanted a guy from a group with a big hit song on the charts.

  Frank Zappa

  Girl   Song   Rock And Roll  

  4218

• Nothing I've ever written has been motivated by trying to impact or influence anybody.

  Frank Zappa

  Impact   Trying   Influence  

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