“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.”
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”
“A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.”
“I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you’re out there and you’re cute, maybe you’re beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin’ — there’s more of us UGLY MOTHERF8%$ERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out.”
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
“The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life.”
“Music is always a commentary on society.
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
“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.”
“The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.”
“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.”
“lf you’re going to deal with reality, you’re going to have to make one big discovery: Reality is something that belongs to you as an individual. If you wanna grow up, which most people don’t, the thing to do is take responsibility for your own reality and deal with it on your own terms. Don’t expect that because you pay some money to somebody else or take a pledge or join a club or run down the street or wear a special bunch of clothes or play a certain sport or even drink Perrier water, it’s going to take care of everything for you.”
Thanks Norma Leigh.
I appreciate the quotes.
I miss Zappa. He died way too young.
I should have really, really listened to the things he said and sang about when I was younger. And understood what he meant. He saw our situation coming decades before I did.
We missed his warnings.
I can already “see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.”
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”
“A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.”
“I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you’re out there and you’re cute, maybe you’re beautiful. I just want to tell you somethin’ — there’s more of us UGLY MOTHERF8%$ERS than you are, hey-y, so watch out.”
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
“The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else’s life.”
“Music is always a commentary on society.
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
“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.”
“The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.”
“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.”
“lf you’re going to deal with reality, you’re going to have to make one big discovery: Reality is something that belongs to you as an individual. If you wanna grow up, which most people don’t, the thing to do is take responsibility for your own reality and deal with it on your own terms. Don’t expect that because you pay some money to somebody else or take a pledge or join a club or run down the street or wear a special bunch of clothes or play a certain sport or even drink Perrier water, it’s going to take care of everything for you.”
–Frank Zappa
Thanks Norma Leigh.
I appreciate the quotes.
I miss Zappa. He died way too young.
I should have really, really listened to the things he said and sang about when I was younger. And understood what he meant. He saw our situation coming decades before I did.
We missed his warnings.
I can already “see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
“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.”
-Yep!
Hi all!
Take them for what they are worth, agree or disagree, but you have to admit the man was pretty sincere in what he had to say:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYzuwG-gOE
And OMG!!!, I just found this one—Please, please watch this and share: