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" 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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" 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. "

Grace Slick

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Wonder

Rock

" 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 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. "

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

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

" People ask me why I don't paint oils. It takes too long. Cleaning brushes in linseed oil, and it takes six months to really dry, and all this. I don't have that kind of time. I work with acrylic. It's water based. You can clean it under water. If you spill it on yourself, you just throw it in the washing machine. "

" 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. "

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

" The problem with hanging on to the '60s is that everyone thought they would go on forever. "

Grace Slick

Problem

Thought

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

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

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

Grace Slick

She

Really

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Grace Slick

Animals

Make

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

Grace Slick

I Am

Kind

" 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. "

Grace Slick

Myself

People

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