The amazing thing about Freak Out! was that there was nothing quite like it in rock 'n roll at the time. It was really simultaneously crude and ugly, and incredibly sophisticated. The Beatles were funny, but there was nothing with the kind of sneer that you could feel in the music of Frank Zappa.
Matt GroeningI'm a fan of animation and so, the more stuff that doesn't look like the other stuff that's out there, I'm in favor.
Matt GroeningSon, if you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Matt GroeningI like all of the early relationship strips that were collected in 'Love Is Hell,' where I pretended to be an expert in relationships and did comics like 'The Nine Types of Boyfriends,' 'Sixteen Ways to End a Relationship,' 'Twenty-Four Things Not to Say in Bed,' and other arbitrarily numbered lists.
Matt Groening