Let ’em enjoy it. It’s there for their edification. But total comprehension is out of the question." - Meaning and context.">

People have preposterous ideas about what those songs are about and what the music means. They start spouting all this shit that’s so far off the mark, it’s revolting. But if that’s how they derive pleasure, who am I to deprive them of it? Let ’em enjoy it. It’s there for their edification. But total comprehension is out of the question.

— Frank Zappa

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "People have preposterous ideas about what those songs are about and what the music means. They start spouting all this shit that’s so far off the mark, it’s revolting. But if that’s how they derive pleasure, who am I to deprive them of it? Let ’em enjoy it. It’s there for their edification. But total comprehension is out of the question." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Frank Zappa

About Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.