You can’t always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.
—Frank Zappa
You can’t always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.
—Frank Zappa
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
—Frank Zappa
I love the guitar, always have. I can relate to it a lot better than a saxophone.
—Frank Zappa
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.
—Frank Zappa
It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice — there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
—Frank Zappa
A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
—Frank Zappa
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
—Frank Zappa
I think so, Brain … but if we call any vegetable, what would we say to it?
Their stupidity does not amaze me, its when they’re smart that amazes me.
—Frank Zappa
Let’s not be too rough on our own ignorance; it’s what makes America great!
—Frank Zappa
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.
—Frank Zappa
It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
—Frank Zappa
A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.
—Frank Zappa
It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
—Frank Zappa
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
—Frank Zappa
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
—Frank Zappa