Grace Slick
Grace Slick
Grace Barnett Slick is an American singer-songwriter, musician, artist and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in San Francisco's burgeoning psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. Her career spanned all or parts of four decades, most notably with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship bands. She started with The Great Society and also had stints as a solo performer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth30 October 1939
CityHighland Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Things change so fast, you can't use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971.
My solo albums were each like a half-finished puzzle; they represented only the beginning of a full picture. Simply put, they were inadequate and incomplete.
It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.
The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.
I don't like old people on a rock and roll stage. Me included.
Jim Morrison was a well-built boy, larger than average, and young enough to maintain the engorged silent connection right through the residue of chemicals.
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.
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.
With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.
I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.
The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.
I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.
Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.
You are the crown of creation, and you've got no place to go.