Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Quote by Frank Zappa

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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It...

The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it...

The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it...

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted...

Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted...

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people...

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people...

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in...

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

Most rock journalism is people who can not write interviewing people who can not talk

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something...

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in...

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who...

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a...

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a...

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or...

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or...

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe....