Frank Zappa

I'm not a musician. I'm a composer.

I don't like music. I like sound.

I'm not a poet. I'm a painter.

I don't like the word 'artist.' It's too pretentious.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you like something, like it.

I don't like the word 'genius.' It's too masculine.

I'm not a role model. I'm a human being.

There is no way that you can grant a man the freedom to worship as he pleases, or not to worship at all, and still pass laws telling him what he can and cannot read, or what he can and cannot see.

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer and an airline.

The more you know, the less you believe.

Stupidity has a certain charm to it. Ignorance has none.

I'm not trying to be a political leader. I'm just trying to tell the truth.

The only thing that really matters is the music. All the other shit is just window dressing.

I'm not a drug addict. I'm a musician, and I happen to be a smoker.

Censorship is the tool of those who have no talent and no arguments.

If you don't like it, don't listen to it.

The first thing you have to do is be honest with yourself. Then you can be honest with other people.

I don't believe in God. I believe in music.

The only way to win is to not play the game.