Frank Zappa citáty

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„Chceš-li si zašukat, jdi na vejšku. Chceš se něco naučit, jdi do knihovny.“

„Hudba je vždycky komentářem ke stavu společnosti a krutosti na jevišti jsou určitě mírné ve srovnání s těmi, které v našem jménu provádí vláda.“

„Já totiž jsem toho názoru, že dějiny naší doby se zachovávají přesněji na deskách, než v historických knihách.“

„Ronald Reagan byl zvolen prezidentem, protože si nikdo neudělal čas mu v tom zabránit.“

„Rockový žurnalismus je to, když lidé, kteří neumějí psát, interviewují lidi, kteří neumějí mluvit, pro lidi, kteří neumějí číst.“

„Vedeme krotkou válku s netečností. Nevím, jak jste na tom s netečností tady u vás, ale u nás, kluci a holky, jí máme fůry. Hodně z toho, co provozujeme, má lidi naštvat na tolik, aby aspoň na chviličku zpochybnili svoje prostředí a chtěli s ním něco udělat. Dokud okolní svět necítíte, nedělá vám starosti, nemůžete ho taky v ničem změnit. A něco se udělat musí, než Amerika uškrtí svět a nasere mu na hlavu.“

„Kdyby vzali tu nejvíce improvizující kapelu světa, na jeviště, někteří lidé v jevišti by říkali: „Jo, ale kde je automatickej bubeník?““

„Koncepce „rockového kytarového sóla“ v osmdesátých letech byla pořádně zredukována na Vídli, Vídli ví udělej obličej, drž kytaru, jako by to byla tvoje klobása, namiř ji k nebesům a snaž se vypadat, že fakticky něco děláš.“

„Jemně a sračkovitě, jemně a sračkovitě. Naservírujte jim to jemně a sračkovitě, protože tak to chce americké mládí mít, americké mládí nic lepšího nezná.“

„Život je jedna velká žranice, vládnu světu z radnice.“

„Písniček o lásce je ze všeho nejvíc. Kdyby vás písničky mohly k něčemu přimět, všichni bychom se vzájemně milovali.“

„Droga není špatná. Droga je chemická sloučenina. Problém nastává, když se s lidmi, kteří berou drogy, zachází jako s licencí, která se chová jako kretén.“

„Když hrajete hudbu v hale určené pro košíkovou, riskujete.“

„Londýnské publikum je velice podobné publiku v Los Angeles, zkrátka řečeno nudné a otupělé.“

„Tazatel: „Tak Franku, máš dlouhé vlasy. To z tebe dělá ženu?"
Frank Zappa: „Máte dřevěnou nohu. To z vás dělá stůl?"“

„Tolik knih, tak málo času.“

„Jazz není mrtvý, jen smrdí.“

“Tobacco is my favorite vegetable.”

“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.”

“Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity.”

“The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.”

“I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news… if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.”

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”

“The more boring a 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.”

“A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.”

“I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?”

“A wise man once said, "never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment."”

“Drugs will turn you into your parents.”

“If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you in your sleep.”

“Don't eat the yellow snow.”

“Nobody looks good with brown lipstick on.”

“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.”

“The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse.”

“The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.”

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

“Most people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom.”

“The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you… and then, the worse things get.”

“Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous.”

“Gail has said in interviews that one of the things that makes our relationship work is the fact that we hardly ever get to talk to each other.”

“Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?”

“I'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do.”

“I think the music of the Fifties is really good. I suspect it’s much better musically than much of what’s available now. Not in terms of production, but in terms of content. One good believable song about some guy’s girlfriend and how they broke up — a sincere one — is better than twenty albums of English rock that’s ever been produced.”

“The things that were happening in 1955 were cosmic … in terms of music history.”

“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 nostalgia.”

“I think it's really tragic when people get serious about stuff. It's such an absurdity to take anything really seriously … I make an honest attempt not to take anything seriously: I worked that attitude out about the time I was eighteen, I mean, what does it all mean when you get right down to it, what's the story here? Being alive is so weird.”