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 is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.
There is no hell. There is only France.
Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.
Watch out where the Huskies go And don't you eat that yellow snow
Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.
Anything played wrong twice in a row is the beginning of an arrangement.
My balls feel like a pair of maracas.
The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property.
Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.
The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time.
Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.
Gave my money all to you, took my watch and pawned it, too.
Find her, blind her, see who designed her. Act like a dummy until you grind her.
I'll give you a simple formula for straightening out the problems of the United States. First, you tax the churches. You take the tax off of capital gains and the tax off of savings. You decriminalize all and tax them same way as you do alcohol. You decriminalize . You make gambling legal. That will put the budget back on the road to recovery, and you'll have plenty of tax revenue coming in for all of your social programs, and to run the army.