da Cocaine decisions, in The man from Utopia; 2011
Frank Zappa frasi celebri
“La religione è uno dei maggiori ostacoli che dobbiamo affrontare nel mondo d'oggi.”
citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
da un'intervista a David Scheff per Playboy, aprile 1993; citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
citato in Frank Zappa e Peter Occhiogrosso, Frank Zappa l'autobiografia
da Packard Goose in Joe's garage
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.
Origine: Zappa modifica la poesia Ode on a Grecian Urn (Ode su un'urna greca), di John Keats
Frank Zappa Frasi e Citazioni
“Le ultime elezioni hanno posto le basi per i prossimi 500 anni di medioevo.”
citato in The Real Frank Zappa Book
“Dio abbia misericordia degli inglesi per il cibo orribile che questa gente deve mangiare.”
da Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
“Qualsiasi scemo può comporre una rima, i cowboy lo fanno tutto il tempo.”
da Rhymin'man, in Broadway the hard way; 2011
citato in The Real Frank Zappa Book
da un'intervista di Ben Watson, Mojo Magazine, ottobre 1993
da un articolo su High Times, dicembre 1989; citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
citato in Playboy, 2 maggio 1993
“La mente umana è come un paracadute: funziona solo quando è aperta.”
citato in Il Mattino, 14 maggio 2010, p. 25; attribuita anche a Thomas Dewar e Albert Einstein
citato in The Frank Zappa Interview Picture Dis
da un'intervista in occasione della pubblicazione dell'album Does Humor Belong In Music?
Origine: Vedi Does Humor Belong In Music? http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/videos/Does_Humor_Belong_In_Music.html, in Globalia.net
“Perché devi aver per forza torto solo se alcuni milioni di persone pensano così?”
citato in The Real Frank Zappa Book
citato in The Real Frank Zappa Book
dalla rivista Music, 1985; citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
); 2011
“Non esiste l'inferno. Esiste la Francia.”
dall'album You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
dalla rivista Downbeat; citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
da un'intervista sul periodico Oui, aprile 1979; citato in Frank Zappa. For president!
citato in Selezione dal Reader's Digest, settembre 1997
“Sono stanco di suonare davanti a gente che applaude per il motivo sbagliato.”
citato in Billy James, Necessity is...
da What's the ugliest part of your body?, in We're only in it for the money; 2011
da Hungry freaks, in Freak out!; 2011
“Non sei quello che sei | Quindi, guarda ciò che hai | Sei quello che è | E questo è quanto.”
da You are what you is, in You are what you is; 2011
da Catholic girls, in Joe's garage; 2011
da un'intervista rilasciata nel 1984; citato in Guitar Heroes, p. 14
da Bobby Brown
Origine: Oh God I am the American dream | I do not think I'm too extreme | & I'm a handsome son of a bitch | I'm gonna get a good job & be real rich.
Frank Zappa: Frasi in inglese
“Do you think you are protecting somebody by taking away seven words?”
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
Liner notes for the album Freak Out! (27 June 1966).
As quoted in The Guitar Handbook (2002) by Ralph Denyer, p. 102
“You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
That's right!
You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
Yes yes!”
"Broken Hearts are for Assholes"
"Sheik Yerbouti" (1979)
Variante: You're an asshole, You're an asshole, that's right! You're an asshole, You're an asshole, yes yes!
“There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!”
"Jumbo Go Away".
You Are What You Is (1981)
“Watch out where the huskies go,
and don't you eat that yellow snow.”
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow".
Apostrophe (') (1974)
“Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.”
Beauty Knows No Pain.
You Are What You Is (1981)
"The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"
You Are What You Is (1981)
“There is no hell. There is only France.”
"Church Chat" - Lyrics http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/You_Can't_Do_That_On_Stage_Anymore_Vol_4.html#Church
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore (1991)
“When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.”
Appearance on Thicke of the Night (28 April 1984).
“To me, absurdity is the only reality.”
As quoted a review of This door is too small (for a bear) (2010) http://www.needcompany.org/cgi-bin/www_edit/projects/nc/scripts/nc.cgi?session=38&a=v&t=EN&id=11029
“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”
Interview at Swedish Radio, programme Nightflite (circus 1980) http://home.swipnet.se/bengt-jonsson/zappaint.htm#Bobby
Interview on Channel 4 (1 June 1983) - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjZOeL10MA&NR
"Valley Girl"
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Interview, "My Afternoon with Frank Zappa", Larry Rogak, (New York writer and attorney) Zappa.com (May 8, 1980) http://www.zappa.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11831
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
“I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.”
Appearance on CBS Morning News (18 September 1985) - YouTube video http://youtube.com/watch?v=LD1DI2SntFI
Origine: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 239.
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
“Why should I smile when I'm sitting here with you?”
To John Lofton
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
“Shes a valley girl
In a clothing store
Okay, fine…
Fer sure, fer sure.”
"Valley Girl" (co-written with Moon Zappa).
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Origine: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 144.
Rolling Stone interview (1988)
"Trouble Every Day"
Freak Out! (1966)