Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot, also known as Mama Cass, was an American singer, member of The Mamas & the Papas and actress. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. In 1998, Elliot, John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their work as The Mamas & the Papas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 September 1941
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.
I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.
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.
I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?
Probably the biggest bring-down in my life was being in a pop group and finding out just how much it was like everything it was supposed to be against.
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.
Honesty is all you need.
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.
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.
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.
If you really think you're right, you should tell it.
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!
I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, 'Look who's talking!'