Quotes by Cass Elliot

About Cass Elliot:

Cass Elliot was an American singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. In 1998, Elliot, John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their work as The Mamas & the Papas.
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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.

Cass Elliot

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...

Cass Elliot

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.

Cass Elliot

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.

Cass Elliot

Probably the biggest bring-down in my life was being in a pop group and finding out just how much it was like everything it was supposed to be against.

Cass Elliot

Honesty is all you need.

Cass Elliot

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

Cass Elliot

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

Cass Elliot

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.

Cass Elliot

If you really think you're right, you should tell it.

Cass Elliot

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.

Cass Elliot

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

Cass Elliot

I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.

Cass Elliot

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

Cass Elliot

Author Bio

  • NameCass Elliot
  • DescriptionAmerican singer
  • AliasesEllen Naomi Cohen; Mama Cass
  • BornSeptember 19, 1941
  • DiedJuly 29, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Musician; Composer