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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm very fond of drugs. "

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

" You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons. "

" I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested. "