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 terrib… - Frank Zappa

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.

"All the old history was written for the amusement of the ruling classes. The lower classes couldn't read, and their rulers didn't care about remembering what happened to them." — My Dad (something he told me when I was a kid)

There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.