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.

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

I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, "Look who's talking".

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.

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.

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.

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