Frases célebres de Frank Zappa
Frases de gente de Frank Zappa
Respuesta al entrevistador Nigel Leigh.
Original: «Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra, as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?»
Fuente: Frank Zappa and the And. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Editor Paul Carr. Editorial Routledge, 2016. ISBN 9781317133155, p. 50.
Fuente: Late Night Special BBC (1993); La versión americana de este documental se presentó en Biografía A & E.
Frases de fe de Frank Zappa
Fuente: Fernández, Ricardo. Nadie mejor que Zappa para definir a Zappa. El contraplano, 3 de febrero de 2017. http://elcontraplano.com/2017/02/03/nadie-mejor-que-zappa-para-definir-a-zappa/ Consultado el 18 de octubre de 2018.
Fuente: Canción Dumb All Over.
“La única diferencia entre una secta y una religión es la cantidad de bienes que poseen.”
Original: «The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own».
Fuente: Cosmo, Lepota L. Rock Love Quote - 5000 Quotations On Rock N’ Roll of Legends, Bands, Producers, Instrumentalists, Writers and Leading Vocals. Editorial Lulu Press, Inc, 2016. ISBN 9781329884830 https://books.google.es/books?id=uemcCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT313&dq=Classical+musicians+go+to+conservatories,+rock%27n+roll+musicians+go+to+the+garage&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGwIH6lZDeAhVMSsAKHUEiBBMQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Classical%20musicians%20go%20to%20conservatories%2C%20rock'n%20roll%20musicians%20go%20to%20the%20garage&f=false
Frank Zappa Frases y Citas
“El tabaco es mi vegetal favorito.”
Original: «Tobacco is my favorite vegetable».
Fuente: Kilham, Chris. The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook: The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying. Editor North Atlantic Books, 2014. ISBN 9781583947920.
Fuente: Entrevista en Today Show por Jamie Gangel, 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYzuwG-gOE
“El arte es hacer algo de la nada y venderlo.”
Original: «Art is making something out of nothing and selling it».
Fuente: Davey, Barney. How to Profit from the Art Print Market. Editorial BoldStar Communications, 2005. ISBN 9780976960706, p. 79.
Fuente: Martínez Sánchez (Mr. XEM), José María. NEUE: Tú Eres Dios. Editorial Books by Mr XEM. ISBN 9788461469086, p. 250.
“Sin desviarse de la norma, el progreso es imposible.”
Fuente: Niemeyer, Diego. El Código de las palabras, 2ª Edición, 2017. ISBN 9781549539374, p. 84.
“La estupidez tiene un cierto encanto del que la ignorancia carece.”
Fuente: Gil, Vanessa. Las perlas de Sofía: citas para estudiosos de la vida. Editor Corona Borealis, 2016. ISBN 978-84-1546-528-7, p. 229.
“La política es el departamento "Espectáculos" de la industria.”
Fuente: Las mejores citas de provocación / Best provocation sayings: contra todo y contra todos. Coña fina. Autor y editor Samuel Red. Editorial Grasindo, 2008. ISBN 9788479277802, p. 267.
“Mi música es como una película para su oído.”
Fuente: Quiralte, Yolanda. Sotto Voce. Editorial Harlequin, una división de HarperCollins Ibérica, 2016. ISBN 9788468790046.
Original: «Remember that information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not true. The truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music ... music is the best».
Fuente: Sharma, Anshuman. The Impact: The Art of Communicating Eloquently. Editor Anshuman Sharma, 2014. ISBN 9781105995217, p. 30.
Original: «The whole universe is a great joke. Everything in the universe are just subdivisions of this joke. So why take anything too seriuosly».
Fuente: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual. Autor Bathroom Readers' Institute. Editorial Simon and Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781607106142. https://books.google.es/books?id=BilZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT219&dq=The+whole+universe+is+a+great+joke.+zappa&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_tvyuw47eAhWKJMAKHQvZDnkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20whole%20universe%20is%20a%20great%20joke.%20zappa&f=false
“La vida es como el instituto con dinero.”
Original: «Life is like a highschool with money».
Fuente: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual. Autor Bathroom Readers' Institute. Editorial Simon and Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781607106142. https://books.google.es/books?id=BilZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT219&dq=The+whole+universe+is+a+great+joke.+zappa&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_tvyuw47eAhWKJMAKHQvZDnkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20whole%20universe%20is%20a%20great%20joke.%20zappa&f=false
Original: «The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre».
Fuente: Hassan, Abdalla F. Media, Revolution and Politics in Egypt: The Story of an Uprising. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Editorial I.B.Tauris, 2015. ISBN 9781784532185, p. 75.
Original: «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».
Fuente: Cosmo, Lepota L. Rock Love Quote - 5000 Quotations On Rock N’ Roll of Legends, Bands, Producers, Instrumentalists, Writers and Leading Vocals. Editorial Lulu Press, Inc, 2016. ISBN 9781329884830 https://books.google.es/books?id=uemcCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT313&dq=Classical+musicians+go+to+conservatories,+rock%27n+roll+musicians+go+to+the+garage&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGwIH6lZDeAhVMSsAKHUEiBBMQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Classical%20musicians%20go%20to%20conservatories%2C%20rock'n%20roll%20musicians%20go%20to%20the%20garage&f=false
“Creo que es bueno que todavía existan libros, pero me hacen dormir.”
Versión original: «I think it's good books still exits, but they make me sleepy».
Fuente: Zappa, Frank; Occhiogrosso, Peter. Real Frank Zappa Book. Editorial Simon and Schuster, 1989. ISBN 978-06-71705-72-5, p. 9.
Original: «I consider that the building materials are exactly the same as what anybody else makes the thing out of. It's just the way they look at those materials is perhaps a narrower perspective. Time and those waves are at the disposal of anyone who wants to use them».
Fuente: Walley, David. No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa. Edición ilustrada, reimpresa. Editorial Da Capo Press, 1996 ISBN 978-03-0680-710-7, p. 3.
Original: «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».
Fuente: Zappa, Frank; Occhiogrosso, Peter. Real Frank Zappa Book. Edición reimpresa. Editorial Simon and Schuster, 1989. ISBN 9780671705725, p. 239.
Original: «Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it. This song has no message. Rise for the flag salute».
Fuente: Tusman, Lee (ed.). Really Free Culture: Anarchist Communities, Radicals Moviments and Public Practices. Editorial PediaPress, p. 183.
Fuente: Notas del álbum Freak Out! (27 de junio de 1966).
Frank Zappa: Frases en inglés
“Do you think you are protecting somebody by taking away seven words?”
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
Liner notes for the album Freak Out! (27 June 1966).
As quoted in The Guitar Handbook (2002) by Ralph Denyer, p. 102
“You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
That's right!
You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
Yes yes!”
"Broken Hearts are for Assholes"
"Sheik Yerbouti" (1979)
Variante: You're an asshole, You're an asshole, that's right! You're an asshole, You're an asshole, yes yes!
“There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!”
"Jumbo Go Away".
You Are What You Is (1981)
“Watch out where the huskies go,
and don't you eat that yellow snow.”
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow".
Apostrophe (') (1974)
“Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.”
Beauty Knows No Pain.
You Are What You Is (1981)
"The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"
You Are What You Is (1981)
“There is no hell. There is only France.”
"Church Chat" - Lyrics http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/You_Can't_Do_That_On_Stage_Anymore_Vol_4.html#Church
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore (1991)
“When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else.”
Appearance on Thicke of the Night (28 April 1984).
“To me, absurdity is the only reality.”
As quoted a review of This door is too small (for a bear) (2010) http://www.needcompany.org/cgi-bin/www_edit/projects/nc/scripts/nc.cgi?session=38&a=v&t=EN&id=11029
“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”
Interview at Swedish Radio, programme Nightflite (circus 1980) http://home.swipnet.se/bengt-jonsson/zappaint.htm#Bobby
Interview on Channel 4 (1 June 1983) - YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjZOeL10MA&NR
"Valley Girl"
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Interview, "My Afternoon with Frank Zappa", Larry Rogak, (New York writer and attorney) Zappa.com (May 8, 1980) http://www.zappa.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11831
The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)
“I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.”
Appearance on CBS Morning News (18 September 1985) - YouTube video http://youtube.com/watch?v=LD1DI2SntFI
Fuente: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 239.
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
“Why should I smile when I'm sitting here with you?”
To John Lofton
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
“Shes a valley girl
In a clothing store
Okay, fine…
Fer sure, fer sure.”
"Valley Girl" (co-written with Moon Zappa).
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)
Fuente: The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), p. 144.
Rolling Stone interview (1988)
"Trouble Every Day"
Freak Out! (1966)