Frank Zappa

“Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the a-s.”

“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”

“Music is always a commentary on society.”

“One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.”

“No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.”

“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.”

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

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

“So many books, so little time.”

“Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?'
Frank Zappa: 'You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?”

“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”

“The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.”

“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”

“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”