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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971. "

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

" 'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music. "

" My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I had considered my job to be a wife and mother, then I would have been pretty good at it. But I didn't consider it a job. I thought it was like brushing your teeth - it's not fun, it's just something you do to keep your teeth from falling out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I do what I love to do, what I choose to do. "

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