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Elmore James only knew one lick, but you had the feeling that he meant it.

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Frank Zappa
Age: 52 †
Born: 1940
Born: December 21
Died: 1993
Died: December 4
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The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on.
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The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that.
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Why doncha come on over to the house and I'll show 'em to ya?
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I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.
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My guitar wants to kill your mama.
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I knew Jimi (Hendrix) and I think that the best thing you could say about Jimi was: there was a person who shouldn't use drugs.
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Call any vegetable and the chances are good that the vegetable will respond to you.
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Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech, freedom of religious thought, and the right to due process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain.
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Wowie zowie, love me do. Wowie zowie, and I'll love you, too.
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You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.
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Shut Up and Play your Guitar.
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The ONLY thing that seems to band all nations together, is that their governments are universally bad.
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She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago. His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato.
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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.
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Our big prize tonight is fifty American dollars to the girl with the most exciting mammalian protuberances.
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My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.
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All that we got here is American made. It's a little bit cheesy, but it's nicely displayed.
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Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.
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Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.
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