Grace Slick

“If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.”

“Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.”

“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.”

“Rock & roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.”

“I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.”

“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.”

“I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.”

“Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.”

“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.”

“When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.”

“The way I paint is similar to rock in that you don't stand around and say, 'Gee, what are they talking about?' Rock is simple, blunt, colorful. Same with my paintings. You don't stand back and wonder what it is. That's Jim Morrison, that's a panda, that's a scene on the West Coast. It's not abstract.”

“Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.”

“Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.”

“I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.”