John Phillips Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
August 30, 1935 – March, 18, 2001.

John Edmund Andrew Phillips was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, most notably of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, a landmark event of the counterculture era and the Summer of Love. Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas.

Also known as Guitarist, Promoter

It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Life
- Death
- Victory
We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Up
- Long
- Moon

If I told you the tragedy parts, we'd all sit here and cry.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it's not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Perfect
- Technology
We're loving something to death in a way, which Americans tend to do a lot.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Death
It's been a great adventure, everything I hoped for. But it's time to go home. I miss my family. I miss the Earth.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Time
- Great
- Family
Well, one doesn't try to hold Cass and Denny and Michelle together. It's a useless task to start with. You just sort of stay out of the way and let things roll as they can.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- Together
Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.

John Phillips The Mamas & The Papas
- True