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> [The whole music business in the United States is based on numbers, based on unit sales and not on quality. It's not based on beauty, it's based on hype and it's based on cocaine. It's based on giving presents of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-whole-music-business-in-the-united-states-is-based-on-numbers/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

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## 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/)

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