Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Michelle Phillips

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Michelle Phillips.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Michelle Gilliam Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet the Mamas and the Papas in the mid-1960s. Her voice was described by Time magazine as the "purest soprano in pop music." She later established a successful career as an actress in film and television from the 1970s onwards.

American - Musician | Born: June 4, 1944

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When I successfully bring the Mamas & the Papas movie to fruition, I hope that people will say, 'She's also a producer.'

Michelle Phillips

I am a proud mother.

Michelle Phillips

Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.

Michelle Phillips

You can be in show business and have a happy, productive life. But you have to be a developed human being before you can do that.

Michelle Phillips

I call my tiki bar my tiki office, even though I also entertain out here all the time. This beautiful, open-air space is such a creative environment for me. It's where my writing partner and I wrote much of the script for a Mamas and Papas biopic that's in the works, and where I have my meetings.

Michelle Phillips

I just think that people should be in charge of their own bodies.

Michelle Phillips

I am a woman of many talents and they're all just pieces of the puzzle that make me and make my career.

Michelle Phillips

Don't sell your publishing.

Michelle Phillips

When Chynna was born, the first thing I said when they placed her in my arms was, 'I'm going to have so much fun with this little girl.' And I have. I've tried to guide her, make her life happy, and just let her prepare for life.

Michelle Phillips

The hardest one, the thing that made the greatest demand on me, was The Mamas & the Papas.

Michelle Phillips

I love acting, and I really am a group singer, and I'm not really a soloist.

Michelle Phillips

I know when 'California Dreamin' was first released, we heard it on KFWB or KHJ or something, and it was so exciting to hear the record come on the radio.

Michelle Phillips

Communicating with a man is a very new experience for me.

Michelle Phillips

There's something great about driving through studio gates and leaving all your responsibilities behind.

Michelle Phillips

I don't have any desire to go back into the studio, and I certainly don't have any desire to go back on the road.

Michelle Phillips

I wrote a book, and I just love it when people come up to me and say, 'I read your book and loved it.'

Michelle Phillips

If you had told me in 1968 that 20 years later I'd still be receiving wonderful royalty checks for those three years, I wouldn't have believed you.

Michelle Phillips