
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
As quoted in Life magazine (21 April 1961)
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
As quoted in Life magazine (21 April 1961)
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
Context: The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like.
“Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.”
Source: Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out
"Best Friend"; written and sung by Reddy
Lyrics, "I Don't Know How To Love Him"(1971)