Zappa

[WilliamPitt]

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

"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."

"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry."

"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."

"Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization, you can't just swallow it whole."

"Their stupidity does not amaze me, its when they're smart that amazes me. It's baffling whenever you find someone who's smart — incredible. Soon you'll have zoos for such things."

"When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else."

- Frank Zappa, who was born on this day in 1940

[WhoIsNumberNone]

1. RIP FZ

We still miss you

[DinahMoeHum]

2. "Rock journalism: people who can't write. . .

. . .interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read."

Also:

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."


Miss you real bad, FZ.

[lame54]

4. Potty mouth genius...

Musical genius with a teenage boys sense of humor

[GoCubsGo]

3. I miss him.

Now, more than ever.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Rest in peace, Frank Zappa.

[Drifter]

6. He also said ...

regarding music influencing violence:

"There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do
something we'd all love one another"

Cheers
Drifter