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".

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 say, "Look, I'm here now. There must be a reason I'm here." If that's fatalistic, be that as it may. Where my work is, is where my life is, and if we're falling in the ocean, we're falling into the ocean.

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.

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

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