There are so many things that are misunderstood or not recognized about my father's music because they've been filtered by people who work for magazines like Rolling Stone.
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Related I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even ... K'NAAN I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and ... BETH DITTO 'East of Eden' is an important story for me. It's about a kid that's misunderstood a... ANSEL ELGORT Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be sat... AKIRA KUROSAWA Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play mus... DAVE GROHL I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I... ROB SHEFFIELD The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make ... JOHN HURT In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my... DAVID BECKHAM I feel like I've lost so many amazing traits because I've listened to stupid people, ignoran... KYLIE JENNER I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I'... VALERIA GOLINO People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experi... JUNOT DIAZ It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made l... TYRESE GIBSON I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge musi... HUNTER HAYES You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My in... GRIMES There are two kinds of people... There are the dreamers who go and buy, and there are the doers who ... MARTHA STEWART If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - ... ROGER MCGOUGH I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with pe... PARKER STEVENSON There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's rea... KRISTEN STEWART I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's... BEN FOLDS People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Be... RICK BARRY Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons... RACHEL PLATTEN I've probably had my best time acting - or not acting, or trying to not act - on things like ... AIDAN GILLEN I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no... BEN SILBERMANN I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for... COCO LEE There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there ar... RANDY HOUSER Since I was 18, I've been under orders from magazines and newspapers - chiefly The New York Time... NEIL STRAUSS If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there... PHIL RAMONE It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this ... GEOFF DYER I'm the joke of the family with cooking because I've never done it - primarily because I'... EMILIA FOX When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear... A. N. WILSON 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 are divorced, but they have and always are there for me. They've never missed a ball ... ERIC WINTER There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music... DAISY BERKOWITZ There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese and those who don't know they've been ... JAMES COMEY There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-th... CELIA IMRIE As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things... CARMEN EJOGO I always say that in my career as an actress, I've always worked with people like David Lynch or... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I'v... BECK There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk... MICHAEL PALIN I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with th... RUTH NEGGA Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip ab... CARRIE FISHER Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG It's like this - because I travel so much, I crave certain foods or certain things, like from ce... ALEX MERAZ There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are.... RILEY KEOUGH I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided ... B. B. KING I've always been a fan of my father's films. I'm crazy about my father and his movies. I... DULQUER SALMAAN It's funny because the action figures are cool, and then I enjoy the magazines because that'... DAISY RIDLEY I love trade magazines - any trade's magazine: by entering into what is taken for granted in a w... RICK PERLSTEIN There are lots of research, of course, saying that a vast majority of us have been exposed to racial... TIM WISE I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really ... JASON ISBELL I'm not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, it's just that things are better now than t... JERRY GARCIA It's like this - these five members have been influenced of course by other groups, because that... ALICE COOPER I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so... TROY POLAMALU One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is ... JOHN ASTIN I've said this before, and I'm sure there are people who disagree, but I feel like one of th... AISHA TYLER With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It'... DAVID HENRY HWANG I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sens... EARL SWEATSHIRT There's something that goes on in a new-business meeting that's wonderful to watch. It's... JERRY DELLA FEMINA There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by... JAMES COMEY I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. The... TAMRON HALL We like to categorize things into showy things and deep things, you know, and things that are high m... JOSHUA BELL I've always had the greatest respect for and listened to both my father and my mother. I've ... NEYMAR I've been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my mo... NAOMI CAMPBELL I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I ... NICKI MINAJ I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used be... WAYNE MCGREGOR In my whole career, I've never seen this type of race that you had to wait for the last day. The... DAVID WELLS I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly... ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG It's critical - that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that... FRED UPTON The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's ha... CHRIS ISAAK Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completel... ST. VINCENT I've just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it's been so rewarding for me. I fee... WANG LEEHOM My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or w... CARRIE-ANNE MOSS I hope that I dress for my age. Because there's no need to be dowdy, is there? But I don't g... MARY BERRY I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poet... ELLEN BASS That's one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive ... ALISON ELLIOTT There's this long history of colonialism and the colonial gaze when applied to matters related t... KEN LIU I've got a green card, so I can work there any time, but I hate reading about actors going to Am... KATHERINE KELLY There may be a lot of people out there who don't like me who don't even know me. But there a... RICHARD SHERMAN I've always been kind of uncomfortable just on the beach in a swimsuit. I'm never my most co... CHRISSY TEIGEN From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've lear... ALICIA KEYS The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking o... JOAN JETT I think for us up-and-coming artists, once you're out there, once you've put stuff up, once ... ELLA EYRE Canada was my whole world and my whole reality, and now I meet people who've never been there, a... CARLY RAE JEPSEN People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it... RUTH NEGGA There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who... KEVYN AUCOIN Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't... VICTORIA LEGRAND There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my l... IAN MCKELLEN Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each... JAVIER BARDEM It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the mispercep... ROXANE GAY Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like ac... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it... ROBERT PLANT There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel... HUGO PRATT What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are... BRIAN CHESKY Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention... JONNY LANG There's a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn't have been in it. An... LEAH REMINI Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have ... AARON SWARTZ I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are ch... DAMIEN RICE One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that I've had some lovely, surprisingly g... ANDRE DUBUS III Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Beca... NEIL GAIMAN I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in s... TOM FRESTON
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About the only thing that I'll probably end up doing is I made this amplifier with Peavey. It... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music... DWEEZIL ZAPPA Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for a... DWEEZIL 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 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 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 There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. FRANK ZAPPA Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. FRANK ZAPPA I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. FRANK ZAPPA 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 Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something... FRANK ZAPPA The manner in which Americans consume music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, ... FRANK ZAPPA I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off... AHMET ZAPPA Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it. FRANK ZAPPA Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. FRANK ZAPPA It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: on... FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can... FRANK ZAPPA Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he need... FRANK ZAPPA The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden w... FRANK ZAPPA So many books, so little time. FRANK ZAPPA Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. FRANK ZAPPA If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher,... FRANK ZAPPA A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. FRANK ZAPPA Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed and permanently set. FRANK ZAPPA Out of my mind! Back in five minutes. FRANK ZAPPA Always follow your heart, but remember to bring your brain along. FRANK ZAPPA A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs tr... FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline -- it helps if you have some kind ... FRANK ZAPPA A drug is neither moral nor immoral -- it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace... FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who c... FRANK ZAPPA Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa. FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind o... FRANK ZAPPA Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't re... FRANK ZAPPA In the fight between you and the world, back the world. FRANK ZAPPA Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. FRANK ZAPPA I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. FRANK ZAPPA Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. FRANK ZAPPA No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock... FRANK ZAPPA It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities... FRANK ZAPPA Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the ... FRANK ZAPPA If you want to get laid, go to college. 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FRANK ZAPPA Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the ... FRANK ZAPPA Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something,... FRANK ZAPPA There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one... FRANK ZAPPA Movin' to Montana soon Gonna be a dental floss tycoon FRANK ZAPPA Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which ... FRANK ZAPPA It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner FRANK ZAPPA The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, ... FRANK ZAPPA I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those ... AHMET ZAPPA All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for peop... FRANK ZAPPA There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love... FRANK ZAPPA I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out ther... FRANK ZAPPA Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on. 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... FRANK ZAPPA If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state FRANK ZAPPA Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced FRANK ZAPPA My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as f... FRANK ZAPPA I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird. FRANK ZAPPA I don't want to see any religious people in public office because they're working for another boss FRANK ZAPPA I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but thin... AHMET ZAPPA Those Jesus freaks, well they're friendly but, the shit they believe has got their minds all shut FRANK ZAPPA Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not FRANK ZAPPA Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which ... FRANK ZAPPA The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on FRANK ZAPPA Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't re... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced FRANK ZAPPA In a fight between you and the world, pick the world FRANK ZAPPA I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believ... FRANK ZAPPA The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but ... FRANK ZAPPA The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own FRANK ZAPPA Do you love it - do you hate it? There it is the way you made it FRANK ZAPPA too expensive and too violent. FRANK ZAPPA Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, ... FRANK ZAPPA The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place ... FRANK ZAPPA Some people crave baseball - I find this unfathomable but I can easily understand why a person could... FRANK ZAPPA People, wake up Figure it out Religious fanatics Around and about The Court House, The State House, ... FRANK ZAPPA Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he need... FRANK ZAPPA Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk FRANK ZAPPA Music is always a commentary on society. FRANK ZAPPA I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity. FRANK ZAPPA One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agre... FRANK ZAPPA If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep FRANK ZAPPA I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that ever happened, and vice... FRANK ZAPPA It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects ... FRANK ZAPPA Anything, Any time, Anywhere - for no Reason at All. FRANK ZAPPA The most important thing in art is the frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively ... FRANK ZAPPA The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tabl... FRANK ZAPPA You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rel... FRANK ZAPPA I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if y... FRANK ZAPPA The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced. FRANK ZAPPA One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agre... FRANK 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 Tobacco is my favorite vegetable. FRANK ZAPPA You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind o... 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. FRANK ZAPPA My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as f... FRANK ZAPPA The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the po... 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... FRANK ZAPPA Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think,... 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 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 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.