In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think.

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.

it seems that man has learnednot to seenot to knowfor he's found the potof goldbut lost the rainbow...

Precious to me - it is the Dinner Bell. Oh blessed Bell! Thou bringest beef and beer.

If you are bored with Berkeley and San Francisco, you are bored with life.

We're highly adaptable and have developed some powerful systems of representation.

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

I'm just worried about the unintended consequences of the laws.

You did what was right for those who agreed with you, and that is all in the past. We are talking about our future. Oliver, we cannot live as we did.

I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot and I've always enjoyed designing.

Of course, it would help if she could stay focused, but she had the attention span of a sick flea.’ (Sunshine)