Proud of What They’ve Done
But was all this inner drama constructive or destructive? According to Michelle, it wasn’t destructive at all; rather, it added an extra spark to their creativity. Songs like I Saw Her Again were about their relationships. It was fuel for the fire, is how she put it. All they could write about was what they were doing.
Michelle Phillips in 2018. Photo by Matt Baron / Shutterstock
So what does Michelle Phillips miss most about those days? Although she wouldn’t want to be doing The Mamas and The Papas anymore, she did state that she’s “very proud of what we accomplished, and I have no regrets about it.” With only wonderful feelings about the group and what it taught her, she explained how she learned a lot in such a short journey.
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