Honesty is all you need.

If you really think you're right, you should tell it.

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.

I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.

Having the baby changed my life a lot. I don't want to go on the road.

They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.

I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, "Look who's talking".

How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.

I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?

You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.

I've heard that story about kids are high naturally, but I've seen kids that aren't high, kids who've had the high taken out of them.

There's so much talk about the Drug Generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life.

If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood.

When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.

I don't think it's so important who you vote for - you vote for who you believe in. The important thing is to vote, because it's our way and it's the best way.

When you're on stage, you gotta do it. People pay to see you, and they deserve to be entertained, and you should go out there and really give it your best shot. And that's quite a challenge.

I say, "Look, I'm here now. There must be a reason I'm here." If that's fatalistic, be that as it may. Where my work is, is where my life is, and if we're falling in the ocean, we're falling into the ocean.

You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.

My advice is precisely the advice my mother gave me. If you believe you have talent, the next thing you must have is determination. If you keep working, keep striving, and try always to move forward a little bit with every job you do, you'll eventually make it. And I believe that!

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