Frank Zappa

It’s raw, unbridled superstition for these people to claim that words can harm you.

Frank Zappa

Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn’t mean you’ve reached them.

Frank Zappa

Mr. Gorbachev has apparently stumbled onto one of the best-kept secrets in recent Soviet history: Communism doesn’t work.

Frank Zappa

Music always is a commentary on society.

Frank Zappa

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.

Frank Zappa

People like to own things.

Frank Zappa

Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read.

Frank Zappa

Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes.

Frank Zappa

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

Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.

Frank Zappa