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

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."

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

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

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

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."

Phillips: "I am a proud mother."

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."

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

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."

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."

[After her divorce with John Phillips]

Chynna Phillips: "She swore to herself that she would never, ever be in a position again where she would be dependent on a man, she’s a determined woman."