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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I've heard that story about kids are high naturally, but I've seen kids that aren't high, kids who've had the high taken out of them.