Frank Zappa

I'm not a role model. I'm just a guy who makes music.

The United States is a land of opportunity, but it's also a land of incredible stupidity.

The only way to deal with life is to laugh at it.

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make things happen, we'd all love one another.

The only thing that matters is the music. If it's good, it's good. If it's not, it's not.

I'm not a professional musician. I'm a composer.

Modern Americans are so exposed to the commercial that they think it's a normal part of life.

Music is the best.

If you're going to be a musician, you have to be a little bit crazy.

Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then gets elected and proves it.

The white zone is for loading and unloading only. If you have to load or unload, go to the white zone.

I believe that if you want to get something done, you have to do it yourself.

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is 'lack of brain'.

Anybody who wants to get into politics should be required to have a psychiatric examination.

Dropouts are the people who have the guts to look at the system and say, 'This isn't working for me. I'm going to find another way.'

The only way to get ahead is to find out what you're good at and then do it.

I'm not a guru. I'm just a guy who knows how to make records.

It's not what you play, it's how you play it.

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

I don't think there's any such thing as a guilty pleasure. If you like it, you like it.