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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.

Grace Slick

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Grace Slick
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 30
Composer
Musician
Painter
Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
Highland Park
Illinois
Grace Barnett Slick
Grace Barnett Wing
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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.
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People say Altamont was the end of the 60s. It was unfortunate, but at the time we didnt 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.
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If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.
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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.
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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.
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The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.
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Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head
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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.
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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.
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I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.
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Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big.
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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.
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I don t wanna see old people on a rock & roll stage.
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All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire
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Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.
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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.
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Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971.
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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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When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.
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In Germany I ingested the entire contents of the hotel mini-bar before a show and stuck my fingers in this guy's nostrils because I thought they would fit.
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