Top 280 Frank Zappa Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “Why doncha come on over to the house and I’ll show ’em to ya?”

— Frank Zappa

252. “She use to knock me out until her face broke out.”

— Frank Zappa

253. “So much gets lost in the translation. Even if you sat there listening to it with a microscope, there’s no way you’re gonna find out what it means.”

— Frank Zappa

254. “Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air.”

— Frank Zappa

255. “Books Are Good For Lots Of Uses, Not For Dropping In The Toilet.”

— Frank Zappa

256. “Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven’t altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don’t get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.”

— Frank Zappa

257. “Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It’s two steps removed from the Inquisition.”

— Frank Zappa

258. “No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.”

— Frank Zappa

259. “Just be glad you don’t live in one of those little countries where at this very moment, music is severely restricted, or as it is in Iran, totally illegal.”

— Frank Zappa

260. “Hendrix is one of the most revolutionary figures in today’s pop culture, musically and sociologically.”

— Frank Zappa

261. “Left me here to cry alone with a bottle of juice and pork chop bone.”

— Frank Zappa

262. “Never bend over for a Christian.”

— Frank Zappa

263. “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.”

— Frank Zappa

264. “King of kings, that must be Elvis.”

— Frank Zappa

265. “Nobody gives a crap if we’re great musicians.”

— Frank Zappa

266. “I don’t think there’s a problem. First of all, I don’t think music turns people into social liabilities. Because you hear a lyric.”

— Frank Zappa

267. “Nobody looks good bent over. Especially to pick up a check.”

— Frank Zappa

268. “Gave my money all to you, took my watch and pawned it, too.”

— Frank Zappa

269. “I think that people are entitled to be amused, and entertained. If they see deviations from this classical norm, it’s probably good for their mental health.”

— Frank Zappa

270. “Did he really choose Tammy to do his work?”

— Frank Zappa

271. “Donnie and Marie can both take a bite.”

— Frank Zappa

272. “I feel a lot of people don’t know what high school is – including those who are in it. My material is provided to give them some perspective. People are stupid. They never stop to question things. They just accept. Can you imagine a nation who never questions the validity of cheerleaders and pom-poms?”

— Frank Zappa

273. “Certification from one source or another seems to be the most important thing to people all over the world. A piece of paper from a school that says you’re smart, a pat on the head from your parents that says you’re good or some reinforcement from your peers that makes you think what you’re doing is worthwhile. People are just waiting around to get certified.”

— Frank Zappa

274. “Without “Louie Louie” a symphony is not quite so grand.”

— Frank Zappa

275. “Organized religions by their very natures are misleading.”

— Frank Zappa

276. “People like to own things.”

— Frank Zappa

277. “I have been monitoring your earthly broadcasts for many years.”

— Frank Zappa

278. “Suddenly, books are arriving every day! “So many books, so little time.”

— Frank Zappa

279. “He likes to flirt with all the boys in the class.”

— Frank Zappa

280. “Studied law, but not qualified to practice it.”

— Frank Zappa

281. “I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it’s much better musically than much of what’s available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content.”

— Frank Zappa

282. “I never have no trouble with my rubber girl.”

— Frank Zappa

283. “She was a steady date until she put on some weight.”

— Frank Zappa

284. “I hit you and I beat you and I told you that I love you.”

— Frank Zappa

285. “Non esiste l’inferno. Esiste la Francia.”

— Frank Zappa

286. “There isn’t anything weird about my music.”

— Frank Zappa

287. “Now air can get through.”

— Frank Zappa

288. “The people of your century no longer require the service of composers. A composer is as useful to a person in a jogging suit as a dinsoaur turd in the middle of his runway.”

— Frank Zappa

289. “Progress demands deviation from the norm.”

— Frank Zappa