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My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like...
BILL HADER People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.
RICK WAKEMAN Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa.
FRANK ZAPPA People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, sti...
BRIAN ENO Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.
SCOTT IAN I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.
FRANK ZAPPA I was in school with Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa's son, and we had a band. Only in L.A. could stu...
GREG KURSTIN My parents were big music fans, and my dad plays music, so I grew up with Madonna, Frank Zappa, the ...
MADI DIAZ The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.
NINA BLACKWOOD There's a long tradition - certainly with country, but in all kinds of genres of music - to have...
RICK MORANIS My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.
TOM WAITS Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?'
Frank Zappa: 'You have...
FRANK ZAPPA Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which ...
FRANK ZAPPA Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI this sounds a little simple, but I think if we didnt know illness we wouldnt really feel the exhilir...
PRISCILLA WARNER The little bit you and me might change the world," Malloy smiled, "it wouldnt show up until a hundre...
JAMES JONES And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, Da...
BIBLE 'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest boo...
LIBBA BRAY Facebook keeps asking whats on my mind, i just keep posting : you wouldnt wanna know dat
OLASOT Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
EDWARD R. MURROW I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES People are so blind they don't know whose foot is up their ass.
SEAN CROSBY I was his “little girl with the William Burroughs mind,” his “secret fairy,” “female Frank...
JALINA MHYANA They're a little bit down. But I told them, just know that they came out and they gave their best. H...
COREY ROLLERSON I don't know if the city picked them up, or a resident picked them up. I just came out the next day,...
FRED FETZER I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television present...
BOB WOODWARD You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music...
DAN DEACON [Zappa was also a master producer.] He had taken an interest in school in harmony and the most basic...
BARRY MILES We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of I...
JIMMY CARL BLACK Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the st...
BURNING SPEAR He's a lying, thieving, two-faced murderous animal who wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and b...
JEFFREY LICHTMAN One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the...
AL YANKOVIC We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's...
JACK BLACK In fact, if it had been up to me I would have had them take a black screen and drop in front of me o...
DAVID ALLAN COE Lets be frank about it; most of our people have never had it so good
HAROLD MACMILLAN You said that you are smart, didn't you?
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DEYTH BANGER It's not just music players. The storage capacity of most digital devices today far exceeds what we ...
KAAN YIGIT If other people show up and they know how to play Irish music, they'll come and join us. We try to p...
GARY BURMAN Most comics worship music on some level. It's more rock-n-roll to get up there for an hour and m...
GREG BEHRENDT I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the ...
GLENN FREY I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believ...
FRANK ZAPPA Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good.
HAROLD MCMILLAN The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wh...
ERIC PORTERFIELD The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it i...
KEN LIVINGSTONE We still get messages from them. This is really good music, even if people don't know the names of t...
ELENA DUBINETS It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting...
ALICE COOPER I think a solo moves forward the way a song does, because it's reflective of the chords that I...
JOHN FRUSCIANTE Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart a...
TEDDY THOMPSON I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American...
TEDDY THOMPSON One minute before or after and it wouldnt of happend, is it random or fate?
MISS HANNAH HOWITT Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus.
BILLY CORGAN If I showed you what I get offered every day, you'd laugh: 'Climb the Himalayas with a backpack and ...
BRET MICHAELS Regrets came up and asked me if I’d like to own them. Declined them for the most part but took a f...
STEVE TOLTZ A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know w...
CHARLIE DANIELS It didn't really swell up on me, so I came out and tried to run around on it a little bit, but I rea...
ANDRE JOHNSON It was a very, very clear statement. The kids came out with an agenda. I thought the first half was ...
DAVE DAGOSTINO I think everybody's intensity level just picked up. We started to rebound a little bit better. We ra...
NICOLE WOLFF Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of p...
STEVE MARABOLI Frank Fay ...
KLIPH NESTEROFF I know Frank personally I like Frank, ... I think it's beautiful. My girlfriend (Mimi Lalonde) was i...
BILLY BROWN Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumpti...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it...
JACK BLACK When one came to know them it was surprising how childish grown people could be.
RUMER GODDEN When they ask if rock en Español is going to take over, I just feel that it's a thriving force, and...
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA How many people are moving up toward the Antarctica, or the Arctic? Most people move down to Texas a...
RON JOHNSON When Barnes came on the place seemed to lift a little bit. If you're having that kind of effect on p...
TERRY WESTLEY In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone...
JIMMY CARL BLACK It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the enc...
NEIL TENNANT In a fight between you and the world, pick the world
FRANK ZAPPA What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people wou...
JOSEPH WAMBAUGH I like where I am on the radar. To be completely frank, I'm a little bit nervous about the fact that...
MATT LAUER They're naughty, all those writers - they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a...
KELLY MACDONALD It was a great game. They came back hard on us in the third. We switched things up a little bit in t...
DEAN COOK I see people who work on their look and they work on their poster and their website and you know, th...
KAKI KING Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER Our defense stepped up and our offense definitely came through big time. We made that route, they bi...
JASON READ [Fats Waller's talent outstripped even his girth. He was the most celebrated of all stride pianists,...
JAMES P. JOHNSON Benjamin was an instrumental music major, and the project started with a composition, and the screen...
BEN WALKER Most of the time, I don't let people know I'm a PEG. It's a little bit weird.
EMILY MINDREBO When in that moment,—so it came to pass,— Titania wak'd, and straightway lov'd an ass.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Most people, most of the time, get their music free. And that's not a marketplace. In fact, it direc...
ERIC GARLAND Most of our matches have scriptural and spiritual truths in them. We aren't blatant ... If people kn...
ERIC HUTCHINSON We talked about how lackadaisical we came out last game. Coach [Willard] Coker told them they were N...
DAVE ROBBINS GW made some really big shots and came up with some key rebounds when they needed them most.
ANTHONY SOLOMON Companies made money and were beholden to stockholders; it was understandable if they tried to “co...
ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD We made them scramble. We laid it all out on the floor and came up a little short, and that hurts mo...
DAVE CONARROE I feel that justice was served a little bit when it came to them coming in on the second warrant, be...
JAMES MORAN Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.
RICK RIORDAN Ralph Lemon is my idol. But music is my biggest passion. Frank Ocean's 'Pyramids' is on ...
KYLE ABRAHAM The Celtic people are a highly emotional bunch, as we all know, God bless them. And my songs are bas...
ERIC BOGLE Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and s...
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their v...
ERIKA SLEZAK I was most impressed with how dominant we were. My kids gave up only four points all night and two c...
MARK MEARS Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don't know how you ever lived without them.
ELLE KENNEDY Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.
ELLE KENNEDY Most people (who) came in had situations that were lingering a little bit too long. They really shou...
CHARLES ROSSOTTI They were just delightful people, and we spent some time with them the next day, ... We just started...
KAREN TEMPLETON People know what I would do if that ever happened here. I have a frank conversation with my coaches ...
JUDY SAMAHA If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?
PAT BUCHANAN Only after the last tree has been cut down,only after the last river has been poisoned,only after th...
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FRANK ZAPPA The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable.
FRANK ZAPPA Jesus will think you're a jerk. And it would be true.
FRANK ZAPPA If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine- but to hang a...
FRANK ZAPPA No, I don't think people really give a shit about that (meeting one's maker) unless they're complete...
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FRANK ZAPPA Those Jesus freaks, well they're friendly but, the shit they believe has got their minds all shut
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FRANK ZAPPA People, wake up Figure it out Religious fanatics Around and about The Court House, The State House, ...
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FRANK ZAPPA Anything, Any time, Anywhere - for no Reason at All.
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FRANK ZAPPA There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the...
FRANK ZAPPA Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.
FRANK ZAPPA I'm vile and perverted.
I'm obsessed and deranged.
I've existed for years but very little...
FRANK ZAPPA Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?
FRANK ZAPPA There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.
FRANK ZAPPA Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.
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FRANK ZAPPA It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.
FRANK ZAPPA Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget ab...
FRANK ZAPPA Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?'
Frank Zappa: 'You have...
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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 ...
FRANK ZAPPA Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
FRANK ZAPPA A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.
FRANK ZAPPA May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face.
FRANK ZAPPA I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?
FRANK ZAPPA I detest love lyrics. I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that pe...
FRANK ZAPPA For the record, folks; I never took a shit on stage and the closest I ever came to eating shit anywh...
FRANK ZAPPA The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it...
FRANK ZAPPA The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everythin...
FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of...
FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
FRANCIS VINCENT “FRANK” ZAPPA, JR. When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn th...
AHMET ZAPPA The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't comm...
AHMET ZAPPA I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
AHMET ZAPPA I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are ...
AHMET ZAPPA I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.
AHMET ZAPPA I collect things that just look retarded.
AHMET ZAPPA All the drawings are mine. Originally, the idea I sold to Random House was an illustrated recipe boo...
AHMET ZAPPA I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off...
AHMET ZAPPA About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It...
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DWEEZIL ZAPPA Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for a...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music becaus...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those ...
AHMET ZAPPA I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My re...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but thin...
AHMET ZAPPA The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do w...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I would love to expose multiple younger generations to Frank's music. It's not an easy task ...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got ...
AHMET ZAPPA I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they h...
AHMET ZAPPA I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.
AHMET ZAPPA At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school wa...
AHMET ZAPPA I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actuall...
AHMET ZAPPA The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't ...
AHMET ZAPPA My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, ...
AHMET ZAPPA Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously goo...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musician...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I don't care about a social life.
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I know my name gets used illegally all the time all over the internet. You know, it is a trademarked...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and j...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melo...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal.
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something lik...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA It was spontaneously composed as I was playing it. And then I added a couple of other overdub textur...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music ...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guita...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing mus...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.
DWEEZIL ZAPPA The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and som...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA Modern records are all made with virtually identical gear, software plug-ins and everything. Everybo...
DWEEZIL ZAPPA My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long s...
MOON UNIT ZAPPA I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.
MOON UNIT ZAPPA Gag me with a spoon!
MOON UNIT ZAPPA I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked ...
MOON UNIT ZAPPA The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
MOON UNIT ZAPPA I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat.
MOON UNIT ZAPPA I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make brea...
MOON UNIT ZAPPA boys, girls and music . . why do they need gin?
FRANK Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
ANNE FRANK The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to...
FRANK IERO I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I...
FRANK SINATRA The best revenge is massive success.
FRANK SINATRA Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think abou...
ZE FRANK I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and ...
ZE FRANK We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see w...
ZE FRANK For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.
ZE FRANK If you want to get into the creative world, you have to just keep flogging away even when nobody'...
ZE FRANK I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your...
ZE FRANK YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been adde...
ZE FRANK I'm fascinated by simple joy.
ZE FRANK We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't...
ZE FRANK What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink...
ZE FRANK I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
ZE FRANK I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-...
ZE FRANK In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's plat...
ZE FRANK Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusiv...
ZE FRANK Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
ZE FRANK Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to...
ZE FRANK The naked mole is, like, the ugliest freakin' creature in the world. It is so radically, unbelie...
ZE FRANK When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that expla...
ZE FRANK On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss ...
ZE FRANK I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual ...
ZE FRANK The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
ZE FRANK I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type...
ZE FRANK Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... ...
ZE FRANK A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the senten...
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