Ze Frank Quotes

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

The only one that can do what I do is me. Lot of people had to die for me to be me. You wanna be me?

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.

If Australia is The Lucky Country, the Aborigines must be the unluckiest people in the world.

I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.

No one gives it to you. You have to take it.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Love what you do and who you truly are. Be willing to die for it. If you are true to yourself, you can never go wrong

Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.

Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.

When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.

Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change

Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza.

The last election just laid the foundation of the next 500 years of Dark Ages.

The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hard work familynever forgetting where we came from.

We're all gonna die, let's act accordingly.

The best is yet to come and won't that be fine.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

Other kids are brought up nice and sent to Harvard and Yale. Me? I was brought up like a mushroom.

I am a businessman. I am anything I need to be at any time.

Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.

My name is Frank Iero and I hate mushrooms. All mushrooms. No matter how they're prepared, I feel like they're all slimy and they taste like dirt.

I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.

Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.

Being weak is a choice, so is being strong.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

My tattoos are like a scrapbook of my life. Sometimes you don't feel comfortable in your own skin, so covering it up with pictures helps

I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

You've either got or you haven't got style, and if you've got it you stand out a mile.

If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story.

Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation

When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things.

A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?' Frank Zappa: 'You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.