Frank Zappa Quotes

Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra, as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?

Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.

The essence of Christianity is told to 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.

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance; it's what makes America great!

The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property.

I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.

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.

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

A wise man once said, "never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment."

I'll tell you what classical music is, for those of you who don't know. Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago. And it's formula music, the same as top forty music is formula music. In order to have a piece be classical, it has to conform to academic standards that were the current norms of that day and age … I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it's probably good for their mental health.

I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do.

Every socialistic type of government… produces bad art, produces social inertia, produces really unhappy people, and it's more repressive than any other kind of government.

I don't give a fuck if they remember me at all.

Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It's two steps removed from the Inquisition.

Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.