Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

— Frank Zappa

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.

— Frank Zappa

Music is always a commentary on society.

— Frank Zappa

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

— Frank Zappa

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

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

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

— Frank Zappa

Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.

— Frank Zappa

So many books, so little time.

— Frank Zappa

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.

— Frank Zappa