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" Mainly I make music, and you can do that until you drop dead. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" '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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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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" 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. "