--- title: "16 Knows Quotes By Frank Zappa" description: "16 Knows quotes by Frank Zappa. Plus more from Frank Zappa and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/frank-zappa-702_boys_am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which_2689034.jpg" --- > [Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know which?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/frank-zappa-702_boys_am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which_2689034.jpg) > [Only thirteen, and she knows how to nasty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/frank-zappa-702_inspirational_only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty_1307089.jpg) > [You know, people are basically shitty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/you-know-people-are-basically-shitty/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/frank-zappa-702_knows_you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-186_1869277.jpg) > [The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough-to-know-when-he-is-being/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/frank-zappa-702_dumped_the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough_779866.jpg) > [It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/it-gets-harder-the-more-you-know-because-the-more-you-find-out-the/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/frank-zappa-702_harder_it-gets-harder-the-more-you-know-because_946934.jpg) > [You know, people are basically shitty. It's when they prove it over and over again that it gets obnoxious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-it-s-when-they-prove-it-over-and/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/frank-zappa-702_knows_you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-it_1386829.jpg) > [I want a hairy little Jewish Princess with a brand new nose, who knows where it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/i-want-a-hairy-little-jewish-princess-with-a-brand-new-nose-who-knows/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/frank-zappa-702_brand-new_i-want-a-hairy-little-jewish-princess-wi_409145.jpg) > [The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-most-important-thing-in-art-is-the-frame-for-painting-literally-2/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/frank-zappa-702_appliances_the-most-important-thing-in-art-is-the-f_2358392.jpg) > [Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/do-we-really-want-to-know-how-michael-jackson-makes-his-music-no-we/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/frank-zappa-702_bones_do-we-really-want-to-know-how-michael-ja_3233914.jpg) > [Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here And the book says: 'He made us all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/hey-let-s-get-serious-god-knows-what-he-s-doin-he-wrote-this-book/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/frank-zappa-702_atheism_hey-let-s-get-serious-god-knows-what-he_2305639.jpg) > [There's no reason to assume that my idea of what's better would really be better. I resent it when other people try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/there-s-no-reason-to-assume-that-my-idea-of-what-s-better-would/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/frank-zappa-702_answers_there-s-no-reason-to-assume-that-my-idea_1324153.jpg) > [It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/it-seems-that-the-problem-with-government-as-an-institution-is/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/frank-zappa-702_catholic_it-seems-that-the-problem-with-governmen_2245822.jpg) > [If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/if-you-want-to-get-together-in-any-exclusive-situation-and-have/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/frank-zappa-702_atheist_if-you-want-to-get-together-in-any-exclu_1732114.jpg) > [All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/all-the-good-music-has-already-been-written-by-people-with-wigs-and/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/frank-zappa-702_art_all-the-good-music-has-already-been-writ_2443087.jpg) > [People call me for interviews on censorship type topics all the time, like that Gannette interview.I don't hold myself out to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/people-call-me-for-interviews-on-censorship-type-topics-all-the-time/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/frank-zappa-702_authority_people-call-me-for-interviews-on-censors_398747.jpg) > [Of course it's contrived, but once you know how its contrived, you can understand the editorial viewpoint. CNN, for example, when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/of-course-it-s-contrived-but-once-you-know-how-its-contrived-you-can/) [Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/frank-zappa-702_amount_of-course-it-s-contrived-but-once-you-kn_897345.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/frank-zappa/#itemlist", "name": "16 Knows Quotes By Frank Zappa", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know which?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/frank-zappa-702_boys_am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which_2689034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/frank-zappa-702_boys_am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which_2689034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/frank-zappa-702_boys_am-i-a-boy-or-a-lady-i-don-t-know-which_2689034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Am I a boy or a lady, I don't know which?” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only thirteen, and she knows how to nasty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/frank-zappa-702_inspirational_only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty_1307089.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/frank-zappa-702_inspirational_only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty_1307089.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/frank-zappa-702_inspirational_only-thirteen-and-she-knows-how-to-nasty_1307089.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only thirteen, and she knows how to nasty.” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know, people are basically shitty", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/you-know-people-are-basically-shitty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/frank-zappa-702_knows_you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-186_1869277.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/frank-zappa-702_knows_you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-186_1869277.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/frank-zappa-702_knows_you-know-people-are-basically-shitty-186_1869277.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know, people are basically shitty” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Zappa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough-to-know-when-he-is-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/frank-zappa-702_dumped_the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough_779866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/frank-zappa-702_dumped_the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough_779866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/frank-zappa-702_dumped_the-typical-rock-fan-is-not-smart-enough_779866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on.” — Frank Zappa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It gets harder the more you know. 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