--- title: "4 Composer Quotes By Frank Zappa" description: "4 Composer quotes by Frank Zappa. Plus more from Frank Zappa and more Composer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/frank-zappa-702_air_a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forc_824522.jpg" --- > [A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forcing-his-will-on-unsuspecting/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/frank-zappa-702_air_a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forc_824522.jpg) > [A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration-of-fragments-of-time/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/frank-zappa-702_composer_a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration_1259596.jpg) > [Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/bad-facts-make-bad-law-and-people-who-write-bad-laws-are-in-my-2/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/frank-zappa-702_bad-laws_bad-facts-make-bad-law-and-people-who-wr_1952886.jpg) > [The people of your century no longer require the service of composers. A composer is as useful to a person in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-people-of-your-century-no-longer-require-the-service-of-composers/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/frank-zappa-702_century_the-people-of-your-century-no-longer-req_2904721.jpg) ## Other authors on Composer - [Barbara Harbach 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/barbara-harbach/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-leonard-bernstein-59681.jpg) Leonard Bernstein 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/leonard-bernstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-shore-42458.jpg) Howard Shore 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/howard-shore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-igor-stravinsky-43154.jpg) Igor Stravinsky 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/igor-stravinsky/) - [Michael Hersch 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/michael-hersch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-van-beethoven-61870.jpg) Ludwig van Beethoven 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/ludwig-van-beethoven/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-gordon-52735.jpg) Jon Gordon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/jon-gordon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-philip-sousa-52096.jpg) John Philip Sousa 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/john-philip-sousa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-mancini-41616.jpg) Henry Mancini 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/henry-mancini/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-esapekka-salonen-33952.jpg) Esa-Pekka Salonen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/esa-pekka-salonen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-eno-19492.jpg) Brian Eno 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/brian-eno/) - [Benjamin Britten 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/benjamin-britten/) ## More by Frank Zappa > [If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/if-you-want-to-get-laid-go-to-college-if-you-want-an-education-go-to/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [While your children are sleeping, your puppy is crappin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/while-your-children-are-sleeping-your-puppy-is-crappin/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Very few people do covers of my tunes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/very-few-people-do-covers-of-my-tunes/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Cocaine decisions that you make today, will mean nothing later on when you get nose decay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/cocaine-decisions-that-you-make-today-will-mean-nothing-later-on-when/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/government-is-the-entertainment-division-of-the-military-industrial/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Do your job and do it right, life's a ball, TV tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/do-your-job-and-do-it-right-life-s-a-ball-tv-tonight/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see which has people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/fact-of-the-matter-is-there-is-no-hip-world-there-is-no-straight/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Broken hearts are for assholes, are you an asshole?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/broken-hearts-are-for-assholes-are-you-an-asshole/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/anyone-who-is-disturbed-by-the-idea-of-newts-in-a-nightclub-is/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-bigger-the-cushion-the-better-the-pushin/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Give me the enchilada with the pickle sauce shoved up between the donkey's ass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/give-me-the-enchilada-with-the-pickle-sauce-shoved-up-between-the/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Sit and spin 'til you rot on the cosmic utensil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/sit-and-spin-til-you-rot-on-the-cosmic-utensil/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [To me absurdity is the only reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/to-me-absurdity-is-the-only-reality/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/is-this-something-new-having-people-stomp-on-you-is-it-what-i-need-to/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) > [Look here brother, who you jivin' with that cosmik debris?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/look-here-brother-who-you-jivin-with-that-cosmik-debris/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/frank-zappa/#itemlist", "name": "4 Composer Quotes By Frank Zappa", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forcing-his-will-on-unsuspecting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/frank-zappa-702_air_a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forc_824522.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/frank-zappa-702_air_a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forc_824522.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/frank-zappa-702_air_a-composer-is-a-guy-who-goes-around-forc_824522.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the…” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration-of-fragments-of-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/frank-zappa-702_composer_a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration_1259596.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/frank-zappa-702_composer_a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration_1259596.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53f/frank-zappa-702_composer_a-composer-s-job-involves-the-decoration_1259596.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. 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