“Music saved my life. I mean, music is life. It is everything to me. It's why I can meet people - I was so shy as a kid, and when I started to write songs and perform them with my sister in front of the public, people started to talk to me, and that made me feel really good. Everything about it has always been positive.” PeopleFeelsWritingMeanMadeI CanKidsSongFrontsMusic IsSavedShyMy SisterTalk To MeMusic Is Life Author:June Millington
“We had to be our own mothers of invention, in many senses of the word.” MotherSensesInvention Author:June Millington
“Happiness is just a great equalizer. It's like water. You pour happiness liberally and all sorts of great things are going to happen.” HappensWaterGreat ThingsEqualizer Author:June Millington
“If you can give people happiness, you're in their hearts. Now you can just start having conversations with people that you would not have had under other circumstances.” PeopleIfsGivingHeartCircumstancesConversation Author:June Millington
“I have this theory that people are actually really hungry for sonic space and understanding words, and I think that people are ready to look back and actually appreciate some of what came before. And then you really do have the entire movement that I'm just going to call feminist, because I am a feminist. I think the education of young girls and women about what came before has started and I think that the knowledge of Fanny is part of that.” PeopleThinkingLooksYoungGirlUnderstandingSpaceMovementReadyTheoryAppreciateFeministHungry Author:June Millington
“I don't think I came to music. I think music came to me - or was already embedded when I came into this sphere, this realm, this Earth.” ThinkingEarthRealmsSpheresEmbedded Author:June Millington
“I came from the Philippines and Filipinos are incredibly musical. I mean the best cover bands in the world come from Manila!” WorldMeanBandMusicalPhilippinesFilipinoManila Author:June Millington
“You can't have an all-girl band! They'll get pregnant, and they'll never stay together.” TogetherGirlBandPregnant Author:June Millington
“There was a lot of camaraderie among the bands. I remember a lot of times when I'd be driving up Laurel Canyon and pass by the house where Frank Zappa was living and I'd just see people out on the porch playing guitars.” PeopleRememberHouseBandGuitarDrivingFrankCanyonsLaurelsPorchCamaraderiePlaying GuitarZappa Author:June Millington
“I rented a summer home in the winter on Long Island, I took long walks, and then I ended up moving to Woodstock. It was a fertile musical area and time, and I played with a lot of different musicians there, including getting into women's music, and I ended up playing with Cris Williamson.” LongDifferentHomeMovingWalksSummerMusicianAreasWinterMusicalIncludingIslandsFertileLong IslandLong WalksWoodstock Author:June Millington