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Moon Unit Zappa
American
Musician
About the author
Gag me with a spoon!
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Jobs
#Job
#Accident
We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Want
#Rules
#Waste
#Dating
#Water
#Growing up
I should just drive around this city and take photos of all the buildings I've been humiliated in.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
I peaked early. I was told I'd missed my boat.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Life
I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#World
#Funny
I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked backstage!
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Song
I've got a new relationship and I'm trapped in this old life.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Life
#Old
If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Right
#Being
#Famous
It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Old
#Rules
My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Open
#Dad
My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Country
#Mother
My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Thought
#First
#Teachers
#Help
#Mother
#School
I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#World
#Authority
#Age
#Rules
The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Fun
#Idea
I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Money
#Fame
Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Hope
#Experience
I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Want
#Name
I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Freedom
I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Family
#Friend
#Mother
#Night
I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Man
#Garden
I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#Women
#Father
#Clothes
Not many people know what their parents sound like having sex. It was noisy.
Moon Unit Zappa,
American
Musician
#People
#Parents
#Sound
#Sex