Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot
Cass Elliot, also known as Mama Cass, was an American singer, member of The Mamas & the Papas and actress. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 September 1941
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?
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.
I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.
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.
Having the baby changed my life a lot. I don't want to go on the road.
How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!