Quotes from Cass Elliot

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.

They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.

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.

Honesty is all you need.

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.

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.

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.

How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.

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.

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.

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.

Having the baby changed my life a lot. I don't want to go on the road.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

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.

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.

I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?