Top 88 Grace Slick Quotes
#1. People say Altamont was the 'end of the '60s.' It was unfortunate, but at the time we didn't think of it as signaling anything. The fact that nobody got killed at Woodstock is amazing because that was half a million people. We only had 300,000 at Altamont.
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#2. The same person is coming through in a different medium ... My art is simple, direct and definite.
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#3. I do what I love to do, what I choose to do.
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#4. No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.
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#6. All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire
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#7. I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.
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#8. My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success.
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#9. You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.
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#10. It's a bit difficult to get hippies organized into anything, but I think if they get annoyed enough with the stuff that's going down, they're capable of showing up. So anything they consider important, they'll be there.
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#11. When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.
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#12. Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head
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#13. Remember what the Dormouse said, Feed Your Head!
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#14. You either evolve or you don't. I don't like old people on a rock n' roll stage. I think they look pathetic, me included. And the fact that I represent an era means I can't just go out there and do all new stuff. They would all say, 'Sing 'White Rabbit,' and I'd say no? That's rude.
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#15. I don't like old people on a rock and roll stage. Me included.
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#16. I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.
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#17. I was appalled that the San Francisco ethic didn't mushroom and envelope the whole world into this loving community of acid freaks. I was very naive.
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#18. Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.
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#20. Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead.
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#21. I've enjoyed the accommodations offered by police departments from Florida to Hawaii. Any time I saw a badge, something in me would snap.
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#22. Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.
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#23. I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.
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#24. One good thing about television is that you have a lot of people with money who have real good cameras going around to all these countries. You haven't been there? Great. Turn on The History Channel or The Discovery Channel. So, we're lucky in that way.
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#25. When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.
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#26. Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.
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#27. I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.
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#28. You can do any number of things in the music business aside from trying to look like you're 25. To me it's embarrassing.
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#29. I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long, but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9.
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#31. Loss either teaches you to persist in the face of suffering, or hardens you into a bitter cynic. Sometimes, it does a little of both.
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#32. I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it.
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#33. Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from Childhood.
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#34. If you were to say to me that I couldn't paint, I would write. If I couldn't write, I would be a set designer. As long as I'm creating something, I'm happy.
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#35. Starship was a whole different thing. It was pop rock. It made more money and had more hit songs than Airplane. There was no cultural or social ethic behind it. For me, it was like selling out. I was the only one selling out. The rest enjoyed doing what they were doing.
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#36. If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.
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#37. It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.
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#38. I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.
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#39. I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.
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#40. Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.
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#41. 'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss.
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#42. In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall.
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#43. Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.
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#44. If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.
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#45. I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.
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#46. I'm busy communicating ideas ... I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine.
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#47. Rock & roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.
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#48. You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons.
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#49. Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be who I wanted to be.
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#50. Jim Morrison was a well-built boy, larger than average, and young enough to maintain the engorged silent connection right through the residue of chemicals.
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#51. Some of us don't want to be a housewife. When you live alone, you can do anything you want to do anytime you want. I really like it.
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#52. In Germany I ingested the entire contents of the hotel mini-bar before a show and stuck my fingers in this guy's nostrils because I thought they would fit.
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#53. She's more even -[daughter China] - I think it jumps generations. You get a screwball in one, and then the next one is straight, then you get a screwball. My grandmother was goofy, my mother was straight.
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#54. When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.
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#55. I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are.
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#56. Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted.
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#57. Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.
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#58. When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.
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#59. Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.
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#60. Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.
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#61. The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever.
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#62. I'm a John Denver freak, and I don't give a sh*t that he looks like a f***ing turkey.
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#63. Woodstock - I didn't see anybody play, except when I was standing backstage waiting to go on, because it was so muddy. And the weather was so horrible, you literally couldn't get there except by helicopter.
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#64. It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.
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#65. God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?
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#66. I don't miss anything about the 1960s, not really. I did it. It's like asking, 'Do you miss the fourth grade?' I loved the fourth grade when I was in it, but I don't want to do it again.
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#67. Jerry Garcia used to take his paints on the road. I don't do that. Either I'm a singer or a painter. I'm not good at multi-tasking.
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#68. It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great.
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#69. Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big.
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#70. I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.
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#71. There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.
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#72. I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.
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#73. My solo albums were each like a half-finished puzzle; they represented only the beginning of a full picture. Simply put, they were inadequate and incomplete.
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#74. Without alcohol I'd be richer by two million dollars that went to pay lawyer's fees.
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#75. I fall down all the time because I'm such a klutz, but I have never broken a bone, and I don't eat milk or cheese ever. I like tofu cheese and soymilk in my coffee and cereal.
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#76. The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
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#77. 'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.
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#78. You are the crown of creation, and you've got no place to go.
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#79. I don t wanna see old people on a rock & roll stage.
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#80. I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.
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#81. You start out performing because it's fun, then you learn more things and you want to do more than go "Na-na-na-na" on a stage. The production end is interesting, writing is interesting, and you learn to coordinate all these things.
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#82. Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971.
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#83. Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead did as much for mankind as any president.
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#84. I left rock and roll professionally at about 49. That's too long as far as I'm concerned. Some people can do it; it depends on what you were.
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#85. I don't like to be told what to do at all. That's unfortunate because a lot of people come up with good ideas and can direct you.
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#86. Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.
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#87. I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good entertainer.
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#88. I stopped dropping acid for a while after my daughter was born. It's hard to keep an eye on the kid while you're hallucinating.
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