Moon Unit Zappa Quotes
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I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.
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My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.
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I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.
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I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.
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How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.
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I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.
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The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
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I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked backstage!
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It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.
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Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get.
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I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.
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My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realize I was going to get educated.
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I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.
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I've got a new relationship and I'm trapped in this old life.
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I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.
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We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.
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I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic.
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Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.
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I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.