The Real Frank Zappa Book Quotes

“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.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:lovebeautymusic

“I detest love lyrics. I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on love lyrics.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:love

“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:timemusicboredom

“The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively — because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:realityart

“Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned—I support your right to enjoy it. However, I would appreciate it if you exhibited more respect for the rights of those people who do not wish to share your dogma, rapture or...”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:religionrespect

“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, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:religionchildren

“It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects of OUR NATIONAL STUPIDITY.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:stupidity

“I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:stupidityuniverse

“School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:education

“The more boring the child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.”

― Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

topic:educationboredom