Grace Slick

“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.”

“When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.”

“I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.”

“God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?”

“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.”

“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.”

“No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.”

“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.”

“I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.”

“If I were gay, life would be a lot simpler. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not.”

“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.”

“The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead.”

“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.”

“I like Daughtry, I like Nickelback, I like Dave Matthews. I like Beyonce - she's a really good entertainer.”