Zappa Quotes

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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?

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?

Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him.

I think there's plenty of room, even in the most serious activist circles, for humor. Humor can be very effective both to inspire, and as a weapon. Just ask Frank Zappa and Charlie Chaplin.

Frank [Zappa] was not a big fan of having lyrics, but sometimes he had things to say that lent themselves to lyrics.

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and roll.

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

I got married about three years ago again to a wonderful German woman. Her name is Monika and she is beautiful. She is one of the biggest women Zappa fans I have ever met in my life.

We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

Frank [Zappa] said he probably would have been a major criminal, given his brain power and his attention to detail, had he not been a composer. But being a composer is not something you can't help.

I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me.

When I was growing up, when I was 11 years old I was listening to The Mothers of Invention. You know, I mean I was a Frank Zappa fan in Arkansas.

I'm not Zappa, you know. I'm just Terry.

The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.

The mother of invention in music is necessity, not Frank Zappa!

When Frank Zappa would get an idea for a song, he just did it. He didn't wait for anybody or expect anyone to do it.

My obligation is to release the music the way Frank [Zappa] released it.

I chased every band around the world. Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, you name it. I could just go on and on. It was my hobby, my pastime, and my obsession for several years.

Music without the ebb and flow would be like "watching a film with only good guys in it." -attrib Frank Zappa