Paul Kantner quotes

Paul Kantner was an American musician and a founding member of the pioneering psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane. His work played a vital role in the evolution of the San Francisco music scene during the 1960s. He is remembered for his innovative guitar playing and contributions to the counterculture movement. Here are 23 of his quotes:

I was raised by the Christian Brothers, who believe in that, fortunately. They were, to me, the most rebellious arm of the Catholic Church - and one of the most liberal and forward thinking. (Paul Kantner)
You couldn't have fed the '50s into a computer and come out with the '60s. View quote
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I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians. View quote
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If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there. View quote
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Maintain yourself and everything maintains itself around you. View quote
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The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers. View quote
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You can't plan for the future, because some guy's going to land in a spaceship with three heads and a big beak and take over everything. View quote
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Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the earliest generations not to just accept the words. View quote
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Compared to what they were, rock concerts now are like business meetings. View quote
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I believe the Rolling Stones wanted to play in Golden Gate Park. View quote
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The studio scene in California is sort of ridiculous anyway. (Paul Kantner)
There's that thing about the '80s, the '40s and the '60s, and the '30s, the '50s and the '70s. Something about those odd decades in this century that weren't too pleasant. View quote
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It's a lot of random situations that combine in a certain volatile form and create a bigger-than- the-whole situation that nobody could have predicted. View quote
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The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways. View quote
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You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something. View quote
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When we toured... I was hungry to take out people like Jeff Beck in front of us; Fleetwood Mac, just before they hit; Heart, just before they hit. View quote
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I wouldn't have expected an audience of ours to burn down our equipment. View quote
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I don't blame it on the Hell's Angels. I blame it on the people who were there. View quote
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One of the main things we learned as a band in those days was not to be the headliner. View quote
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Then you get to be involved with all the people, meet all the beautiful girls, get all the good food, get ready and locked in before all the crowds hit. View quote
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We printed all the words out because otherwise nobody would be able to understand them. (Paul Kantner)
We're giving RCA another record, and that should finish them. View quote
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What we're saying now is you have a choice: You can stay, or you can go away. View quote
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Paul Kantner

Paul Kantner - Image
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Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 17, 1941
Died: January 28, 2016
Quotes count: 23