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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/if-you-truly-dig-what-you-are-doing-if-you-lay-it-out-that-way-nobody/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

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## More by Cass Elliot

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/you-ve-got-to-make-your-own-kind-of-music-sing-your-own-special-song/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/you-have-a-new-audience-for-every-show-even-though-you-do-the-same/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [I don't think it's so important who you vote for - you vote for who you believe in. The important thing is to vote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-don-t-think-it-s-so-important-who-you-vote-for-you-vote-for-who-you/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-was-just-a-bumpkin-just-a-country-bumpkin-i-had-just-come-to-new/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-ve-been-fat-since-i-was-seven-and-being-fat-sets-you-apart/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-ve-heard-that-story-about-kids-are-high-naturally-but-i-ve-seen/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/leadership-is-helping-yourself-and-other-people-achieve-goals-the/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/there-s-so-much-talk-about-the-drug-generation-and-songs-about-drugs/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-say-look-i-m-here-now-there-must-be-a-reason-i-m-here-if-that-s/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [My advice is precisely the advice my mother gave me. If you believe you have talent, the next thing you must have is determination.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/my-advice-is-precisely-the-advice-my-mother-gave-me-if-you-believe/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/they-re-paying-me-an-outrageous-sum-of-money-40-000-a-week-which-is/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/probably-the-biggest-bring-down-in-my-life-was-being-in-a-pop-group/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/my-role-in-the-mamas-and-papas-was-basically-just-to-sing/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/how-do-i-tell-people-who-i-am-not-being-a-writer-the-only-way-is-to/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

> [I would say the world's in terrible shape, but I'm afraid the world would say, "Look who's talking".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cass-elliot/i-would-say-the-world-s-in-terrible-shape-but-i-m-afraid-the-world/)

[Cass Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cass-elliot/)

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