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Grace Slick Quotes

Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be who I wanted to be.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 30, 1939

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Parents People Me Bad Try Who

It can get pretty hectic in New Orleans whenever I go shopping. So I'll fly to Houston, buy my groceries, and then come back - nobody cares there because I'm not J.J. Watt.

Shopping Fly Back Nobody Go New

In the '60s, I sat with my dad in frozen Wrigley Field at Bears games.

Games Frozen Bears Field Wrigley

I didn't act in college, per se, because I didn't want an acting degree. I don't know what you do with that degree. When I was 16, I saw 'Usual Suspects,' and I wanted to be a director as well. So I thought I should go to school for directing and producing, something I knew nothing about.

School College Thought You Acting

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

Remember Acting Party Way Playing

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

Short Shy Kid Pretty Chubby

People send you stuff if you say you're interested in something. I have a tonne of body lotion. So I could mention I was interested in, you know, surfing, and some company would send me a surfboard.

People Me You Body Know Say

My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day.

Memories Day School Playground Being

My first memories are of Brazil. There's so much music there. It's one of my favourite places in the world.

Music Memories World Places First

A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college.

Today Gratitude Children Experience

A lot of other reality shows on television can be bullying and aggressive, but we wanted 'The Bake Off' to be an antidote to that.

Bullying Reality Television Off

Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me.

Life Me My Life Mentor Career Born

Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.

Silence Golden Only Seldom Misquoted

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