Frank Zappa

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

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.

Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

There are only two things in life that are important: good health and a good woman. And you can't have both.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.

Modern Americans are so exposed to the commercial that they think they are being patriotic when they buy everything in sight.

Music is the best. I'm going to be a musician. I'm going to be a composer. I'm going to be a genius.

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.

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

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

There is no such thing as a dirty word. There are only dirty minds.

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

The more you learn about the world, the more you realize how much you don't know.

Government is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.