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There is no hell. There is only France.
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You're an asshole! You're an asshole! That's right! You're an asshole! You're an asshole! Yes yes!
Frank Zappa
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Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Frank Zappa -
Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance; it's what makes America great!
Frank Zappa -
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa -
Why should I smile when I'm sitting here with you?
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There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.
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No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.
Frank Zappa
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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.
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Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn’t mean you’ve reached them. With reading comprehension being what it is in the U. S., you can safely toss that one out the window. If you want to judge by the listening habits of people who buy records, the first thing they do is put it on and talk over it.
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Without deviation progress is not possible.
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The U.S. is a mere pup tent of a civilization. We’ve got two hundred years of stupidity behind us and we think we’re right up there with everyone else who’s been doing it for thousands of years.
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Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.
Frank Zappa -
Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.
Frank Zappa
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I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.
Frank Zappa -
A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
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If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep.
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Tell you what - Kiss my ass! How do you like that…?
Frank Zappa -
I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole.
Frank Zappa