No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

Quote by Frank Zappa

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Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

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...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if...

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical...

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical...

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

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...

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go...

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

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 -...

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block...

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block...

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be...

I searched for years I found no love. I'm sure that love will never be...

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me...

I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me...

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...

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after...

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.