Frank Zappa Inspirational Quotes

Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement. ~ Frank Zappa

Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up. ~ Frank Zappa

Schools train you to be ignorant with style [ ... ] they prepare you to be a usable victim for a military industrial complex that needs manpower. As long as you're just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you're going to be alright [ ... ] So I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming up. ~ Frank Zappa

Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA) ~ Frank Zappa

A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want. ~ Frank Zappa

There isn't anything weird about my music. ~ Frank Zappa

Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity. ~ Frank Zappa

May your shit come to life and kiss you on the face. ~ Frank Zappa

On the Planet of Baritone women, they talk low. ~ Frank Zappa

Now air can get through. ~ Frank Zappa

Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph. ~ Frank Zappa

The United States is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced. ~ Frank Zappa

All your children are poor unfortunate victims of systems beyond their control ~ Frank Zappa

My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like Frank Zappa. ~ Bill Hader

Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it. ~ Frank Zappa

Sit and spin 'til you rot on the cosmic utensil. ~ Frank Zappa

Nobody gives a crap if we're great musicians. ~ Frank Zappa

My balls feel like a pair of maracas. ~ Frank Zappa

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. ~ Frank Zappa

Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous. ~ Frank Zappa

Without "Louie Louie" a symphony is not quite so grand. ~ Frank Zappa

I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. ~ Frank Zappa

The mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work if it's not open. ~ Frank Zappa

Ever try to have a conversation with someone on drugs? It just doesn't work ... ~ Frank Zappa

King of kings, that must be Elvis. ~ Frank Zappa

Ram it up your poop chute. ~ Frank Zappa

You're baloney without the mayo. ~ Frank Zappa

You can't escape the puking sphinx. ~ Frank Zappa

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? ~ Frank Zappa

Organized religions by their very natures are misleading. ~ Frank Zappa

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics. ~ Gail Zappa

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ~ Frank Zappa

Disco boy, no one understands, but thank the lord you still got hands. ~ Frank Zappa

What kind of man can name a child Moon Unit? ~ Frank Zappa

Most people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom. ~ Frank Zappa

Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know which? ~ Frank Zappa

With a tongue like a cow, she could make you go wow. ~ Frank Zappa

Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes. ~ Frank Zappa

Books Are Good For Lots Of Uses, Not For Dropping In The Toilet. ~ Frank Zappa

If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they'll murder you in your sleep. ~ Frank Zappa

The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life. ~ Frank Zappa

The most abundant element in the Universe is stupidity ~ Frank Zappa

My guitar wants to kill your mama. ~ Frank Zappa

What something is depends more on when it is than anything else. ~ Frank Zappa

Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris? ~ Frank Zappa

Catholic girls with tiny little mustaches. ~ Frank Zappa

Cocaine decisions that you make today, will mean nothing later on when you get nose decay. ~ Frank Zappa

While your children are sleeping, your puppy is crappin'. ~ Frank Zappa

Broken hearts are for assholes, are you an asshole? ~ Frank Zappa

If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap ~ Frank Zappa

People like to own things. ~ Frank Zappa

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not. ~ Frank Zappa

Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure? ~ Frank Zappa

Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons. ~ Frank Zappa

Give me the enchilada with the pickle sauce shoved up between the donkey's ass. ~ Frank Zappa

I think the anti-smoking business is a yuppie invention-an extension of the concept that we'll always be young, rich, and healthy. ~ Frank Zappa

I'm the devil's advocate. We have our own worshipers. ~ Frank Zappa

Nothing I've ever written has been motivated by trying to impact or influence anybody. ~ Frank Zappa

Hendrix is one of the most revolutionary figures in today's pop culture, musically and sociologically. ~ Frank Zappa

She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago. His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato. ~ Frank Zappa

The lifestyle that I have is probably neither desirable nor useful to most people. ~ Frank Zappa

The kerosene record player is not a very efficient device. ~ Frank Zappa

The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down. ~ Frank Zappa

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own. ~ Frank Zappa

The difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned. ~ Frank Zappa

It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money. ~ Frank Zappa

Some people ... SOME PEOPLE like cupcakes better (but) I for one, could care LESS for them! ~ Frank Zappa

To me absurdity is the only reality ~ Frank Zappa

Brown shoes don't make it. ~ Frank Zappa

I don't want to see any religious people in public office because they're working for another boss. ~ Frank Zappa

All that we got here is American made. It's a little bit cheesy, but it's nicely displayed. ~ Frank Zappa

She use to knock me out until her face broke out. ~ Frank Zappa

They's making it worse, the labor movement got the mafia curse. ~ Frank Zappa

Listen honey, would I lie to you to get in your pants? ~ Frank Zappa

He just got in the car, but the batteries dead. So he asks to use the phone and she gives him some head. ~ Frank Zappa

I can take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I gets a little golden shower. ~ Frank Zappa

I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. ~ Frank Zappa

A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time. ~ Frank Zappa

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. ~ Frank Zappa

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. ~ Frank Zappa

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

There are only two things to remember. Number one ... Don't Stop, and number two ... Keep Going! ~ Frank Zappa

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts. ~ Frank Zappa

Beware of the fish people, they are the true enemy. ~ Frank Zappa

If we can't be free at least we can be cheap. ~ Frank Zappa

Without deviation progress is not possible. ~ Frank Zappa

Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die. ~ Frank Zappa

Without deviance from normality, there can be no progress. ~ Frank Zappa

Studied law, but not qualified to practice it. ~ Frank Zappa

I want a girl that can swallow my pride. ~ Frank Zappa

We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy. ~ Frank Zappa

This here song might offend some, if it does it's because your dumb. ~ Frank Zappa

You don't dig me, I don't understand what it is, I had my car reupholstered. ~ Frank Zappa

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great. ~ Frank Zappa

It is always advisable to be a loser if you cannot become a winner ~ Frank Zappa

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. ~ Frank Zappa

Find you a bridge and take a jump. Just make certain you do it right the first time, cause nothing's worse than a suicide chump. ~ Frank Zappa

There is no hell, there's only France ~ Frank Zappa

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. ~ Frank Zappa

I want a horny little Jewish princess. ~ Frank Zappa