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Grace Slick

American musician, writer and painter · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1939 · age 87

Grace Slick is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

Grace Slick is read about 2,788 times a day, in 38 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 406 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2004“It was the first time many of the bands had met and saw each other perform, so we were all really marveling at each other. It was just one good group of people after another.”In their wordsOn the Monterey Pop Festival, quoted in Hippie (2004) by Barry Miles, p. 212

1998“I've enjoyed the accommodations offered by police departments from Florida to Hawaii. Any time I saw a badge, something in me would snap.”In their wordsSomebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir (1998) by Grace Slick and Andrea Cagan

“The first words I ever heard the alcohol rehab counselor say were 'Good morning, assholes!' With that, I liked him right away.”In their wordsSomebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir (1998) by Grace Slick and Andrea Cagan

“Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.”In their wordsSomebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir (1998) by Grace Slick and Andrea Cagan

“Janis knew more than I did about "how it was", but she lacked enough armor for the inevitable hassles.”In their wordsSomebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir (1998) by Grace Slick and Andrea Cagan

1990“She's more even -[daughter China] - I think it jumps generations. You get a screwball in one, and then the next one is straight, then you get a screwball.”In their wordsSpeaking on the Joan Rivers Show, 1990

1939Born30 October 1939

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In their own words 4

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  1. But we all do sort of the same thing and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and, uh, they remind you of the beauty of very simple things.

    2001 · Interview on the History Channel documentary Getting High - The History of LSD, 2001; sampled on Drop Out by Infected Mushroom, Own words

  2. In Germany I ingested the entire contents of the hotel mini-bar before a show and stuck my fingers in this guy's nostrils because I thought they would fit.

    1998 · On this incident Paul Kantner remarked: "I remember one night in Germany she spotted a guy picking his nose and she jumped on the guys lap, Own words

  3. Jim Morrison was a well-built boy, larger than average, and young enough to maintain the engorged silent connection right through the residue of chemicals.

    1998 · Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir (1998) by Grace Slick and Andrea Cagan, Own words

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87

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