The Mamas & The Papas Quotes
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I am a proud mother.
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You can be in show business and have a happy, productive life. But you have to be a developed human being before you can do that.
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I don't have any desire to go back into the studio, and I certainly don't have any desire to go back on the road.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.
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Having the baby changed my life a lot. I don't want to go on the road.
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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.
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If you really think you're right, you should tell it.
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How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.
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I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, "Look who's talking".
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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.
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They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.
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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.
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Honesty is all you need.
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My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.
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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.
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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.
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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!