One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds
Frank Zappa
The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work
Frank Zappa
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
Frank Zappa
You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.
Frank Zappa
It is not necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paper work, and the other is nostalgia.
Frank Zappa
Work is the only reason I leave home. I`m not a tourist. I don`t travel for pleasure. I don`t take vacations. I only leave the house when I have something to do.
Frank Zappa