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> [The FCC extorts broadcasters by threatening to take away their licenses for infringements which are usually the result of complaints from an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-fcc-extorts-broadcasters-by-threatening-to-take-away-their/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/frank-zappa-702_broadcasters_the-fcc-extorts-broadcasters-by-threaten_396433.jpg)

> [I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/i-believe-that-people-have-a-right-to-decide-their-own-destinies/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/frank-zappa-702_behave_i-believe-that-people-have-a-right-to-de_407086.jpg)

> [The problem with drugs is that most of the people that use the drugs, use it as a license to be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/the-problem-with-drugs-is-that-most-of-the-people-that-use-the-drugs/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/frank-zappa-702_drug_the-problem-with-drugs-is-that-most-of-t_1598637.jpg)

> [Here's the way the licensing works ... If you write a song, nobody can record your song before you do without your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/here-s-the-way-the-licensing-works-if-you-write-a-song-nobody-can/)

[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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