Frank Zappa Quotes
Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?
Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, Musician, Concert, Toronto, May 1969
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There is a continuing debate over whether Scientology is a legitimate religion or uses religion as a cover and protection for fraudulent activity. Some countries have outlawed Scientology.
Hubbard had a business based on his self-help book, Dianetics. He turned this into a pseudo-religion called Scientology which makes large sums of money years after Hubbard died.
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American singer-songwriter, innovative rock guitarist, modernist composer, multi-instrumentalist, satirist, film-maker, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his era.