Grace Slick Quotes

All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire

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

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

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

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

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

I stopped dropping acid for a while after my daughter was born. It's hard to keep an eye on the kid while you're hallucinating.

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.

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead did as much for mankind as any president.

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.

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.

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

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

I'm a John Denver freak, and I don't give a sh*t that he looks like a f***ing turkey.

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

Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.

I'm busy communicating ideas.... I want you to know what I'm thinking. If you feel a connection, good. If you don't, fine.

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.

Loss either teaches you to persist in the face of suffering, or hardens you into a bitter cynic. Sometimes, it does a little of both.

I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.

'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 was appalled that the San Francisco ethic didn't mushroom and envelope the whole world into this loving community of acid freaks. I was very naive.

I've enjoyed the accommodations offered by police departments from Florida to Hawaii. Any time I saw a badge, something in me would snap.