Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappawas an American musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth21 December 1940
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
There isn't anything weird about my music.
What something is depends more on when it is than anything else.
I'm more interested in melodic things. I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent a melody on the spot.
Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.
Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.
No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.
The whole music business in the United States is based on numbers, based on unit sales and not on quality. It's not based on beauty, it's based on hype and it's based on cocaine. It's based on giving presents of large packages of dollars to play records on the air.
Music is always a commentary on society.
I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.
The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'.
Don't mind your make-up, you'd better make your mind up.
who are the brain police?