I think that if you use the so-called &#... by Frank Zappa

Musician Jazz guitarist Composer rock

I think that if you use the so-called 'strong words' you'll get your point across faster and you can save a lot of beating around the bush. Why are people so afraid of words? Sometimes the dumbest thing that gets said makes the point for you.

- Frank Zappa

Other quotes by Frank Zappa

When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.

- Frank Zappa

Beer

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.

- Frank Zappa

So much gets lost in the translation. Even if you sat there listening to it with a microscope, there’s no way you’re gonna find out what it means.

- Frank Zappa

Well I think that progress is not possible without deviation. And I think that it's important that people be aware of some of the creative ways in which some of their fellow men are deviating from the norm, because in some instances they might find these deviations inspiring and might suggest further deviations which might cause progress, you never know.

- Frank Zappa

The computer can’t tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what’s missing is the eyebrows.

- Frank Zappa

Music

Music is always a commentary on society.

- Frank Zappa

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