Frank Zappa
progress deviation norm
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
boring miserable life mom dad teacher priest deserve
“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
information knowledge wisdom truth love music best
“Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
jazz dead smell funny
“Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
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“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
stupidity hydrogen universe shelf life
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
communism work people own ownership
“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
USA America nation laws badly written randomly enforced
“The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
pervert derange government regulate rule TV
“I'm vile and perverted.
I'm obsessed and deranged.
I've existed for years but very little has changed.
I'm the tool of the government and industry too.
For I'm destined to rule and regulate you.
You may think I'm pernicious, but you can't look away.
I'll make you think I'm delicious with the stuff that I say.
I'm the best you can get... have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozing out of your TV set....”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
government entertainment division military-industrial complex
“Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
country beer airline football nuclear weapon
“You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
american behave intelligence hideous deformity
“Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
news people terrible prejudice
“I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
anything anytime anyplace reason
“Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
politics entertainment branch industry
“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
stupidity ignorance charm
“Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
easy pay national debt long-range stupidity
“It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects of our national stupidity”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
children victim system control
“All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
art make something nothing selling
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
world ending fire ice paperwork nostalgia
“It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
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“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
country beer airline football nukes nuclear weapon
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
― Frank Zappa (1940-1993)