Paul Kantner
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Paul Kantner
Paul Lorin Kantnerwas an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, known for co-founding Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era, and its more commercial spin-off band Jefferson Starship. He was born in San Francisco, California...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth17 March 1941
CitySan Francisco, CA
carry die process sort surprising
We're sort of too old to die young now, ... so you have to sort of carry (it) off with what you've got. And you're surprising yourself still. I think that's part of the process is the surprises.
christian thinking people
I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.
volunteer political action
The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.
odd century pleasant
There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades in this century that weren't too pleasant.
christian brother believe
I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking.
expected ours
I wouldn't have expected an audience of ours to burn down our equipment.
otherwise printed
We printed all the words out because otherwise nobody would be able to understand them.
main
One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner.
fleetwood front jeff people
When we toured... I was hungry to take out people like Jeff Beck in front of us; Fleetwood Mac, just before they hit; Heart, just before they hit.