“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
“Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.”
'Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)
Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)
Wariant: Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny
"Packard Goose"
"Joe's Garage Acts II & III" (1979)
Wariant: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
Źródło: The Real Frank Zappa Book
“It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.”
Źródło: The Real Frank Zappa Book
“Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.”
Źródło: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 259.
Kontekst: My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can. Children are naive — they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.
Wariant: If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
Źródło: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 233.
"Ben Watson interviews Frank Zappa", in MOJO magazine (October 1993).
Wariant: 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
Źródło: The Real Frank Zappa Book
Oui interview (1979)
Kontekst: Certification from one source or another seems to be the most important thing to people all over the world. A piece of paper from a school that says you’re smart, a pat on the head from your parents that says you’re good or some reinforcement from your peers that makes you think what you’re doing is worthwhile. People are just waiting around to get certified.