I suppose Roger [Ruskin Spear] had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I think most musicians do like to have a laugh.

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.

When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds.

Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn.

Answers given with authority negate the search for truth.

I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways.

But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were.

Cooking is great, but the meal that has been prepared for you with love is the best.

School education will grant you a job. Development in life will grant you wise brain.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

I think God always has the best for us.

Trust yourself, because as Oprah says, doubt means don't every time

Botany, the science of the vegetable kingdom, is one of the most attractive, most useful, and most extensive departments of human knowledge. It is, above every other, the science of beauty.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.

All pity is self-pity.