Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
53 Quotes
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."
Frank Zappa
"So many books, so little time."
Frank Zappa
"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff."
Frank Zappa
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."
Frank Zappa
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."
Frank Zappa
"The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you...and then, the worse things get."
Frank Zappa
"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 something to a moral issue, it has no place in any kind of legislation, as far as I'm concerned."
Frank Zappa
"“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”"
Frank Zappa
"“So many books, so little time.”"
Frank Zappa
"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
"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse."
Frank Zappa
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."
Frank Zappa
"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff."
Frank Zappa
"Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny."
Frank Zappa
"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
"Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it."
Frank Zappa
"I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin' — there's more of us UGLY MOTHERFUCKERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out."
Frank Zappa
"behind each breakaway movement is a breakaway demagogue who will set up his breakaway demagogue government."
Frank Zappa
"Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons."
Frank Zappa
"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."
Frank Zappa
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