Frank Zappa
"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."
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"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."
"إن آلت حياتك إلى الملل والشقاء لأنك أصغيت لأمك أو أبيك أو معلمك أو كاهنك أو لأي كان على شاشة التلفاز يملي عليك كيف تسير أمورك، فأنت جدير بذلك."
Frank Zappa
"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse."
"إن عالم موسيقى الروك آند رول لهو عبثٌ لا يخفى، لكن عالم الموسيقى الجادة أشد منه عبثاً وسوءاً."
Frank Zappa
"Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it."
"الفن هو أن تخلق شيئًا من العدم، ثم تبيعه."
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."
"تخلَّ عن الدراسة قبل أن يتعفّن عقلك من التعرض لنظامنا التعليمي المتواضع. انسَ حفل التخرج واذهب إلى المكتبة وثقّف نفسك إن كان لديك ذرة من الشجاعة. بعضكم يحب التجمعات الصاخبة والروبوتات البلاستيكية التي تملي عليكم ما تقرؤون."
Frank Zappa
"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library."
"إن أردتَ المتعةَ، فادخلِ الجامعة. وإن أردتَ العلمَ، فارتدِ المكتبة."
Frank Zappa
"The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, 'All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions."
"جوهر المسيحية يتجلى لنا في قصة جنة عدن. الثمرة المحرمة كانت من شجرة المعرفة. والرسالة الضمنية هي: "كل ما تعانيه من آلام سببه رغبتك في استكشاف ما يجري. كان بإمكانك البقاء في جنة عدن لو أنك فقط صمتّ ولم تطرح أي أسئلة."
Frank Zappa
"No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to."
"لا يكتب لأي تحوّل في الأسلوب الموسيقي البقاء ما لم يواكبه تحوّل في أسلوب اللباس. موسيقى الروك هي دعوة للتأنق."
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."
"من المبادئ الفلسفية التي أؤمن بها"
Frank Zappa
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it."
"الفن هو أن تصنع شيئًا من العدم ثم تبيعه."
Frank Zappa
"The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows."
"الكمبيوتر لا يستطيع أن يروي لك القصة العاطفية. يمكنه أن يمنحك التصميم الرياضي الدقيق، لكن ما ينقصه هو الحواجب."
Frank Zappa
"Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something."
Frank Zappa
"There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another."
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
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