zappa Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about zappa.
“I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.”
- Moon Unit Zappa
“Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.”
- Frank Zappa
“On the average, I don't spend more than 15 minutes in the car - to go to the golf course or the gym. And that's the only time I listen to the radio.”
- Dweezil Zappa
“One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.”
- Frank Zappa
“No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.”
- Frank Zappa
“Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a couple of lessons on fundamentals, and gave me some scales and practice things to work on. But I pretty much learned everything by ear.”
- Dweezil Zappa
“And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not.”
- Dweezil Zappa
“I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.”
- Dweezil Zappa
“I didn't really hear any other music other than what my dad was working on until I was 12. My recollection of hearing other music was that I liked some things that I heard but I always thought, 'Where's the rest of it?' It didn't have the same amount of detail or instrumentation or imagination in the arrangements.”
- Dweezil Zappa
“My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.”
- Moon Unit Zappa