- Was good friends with Janis Joplin.
- The character Frankie Hart in American Pop (1981) was based partially on her and partially on her good friend Janis Joplin.
- Is an accomplished artist (painting, drawing, sketching, sculpting and scratch board etching).
- Her distinctive vocal style and striking stage presence exerted influence on other female performers including Stevie Nicks and Patti Smith.
- Her favorite books are "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass".
- Was given the nickname "The Chrome Nun" by David Crosby. In fact, her nickname was used as part of the title of an album she made as a side project outside of Jefferson Airplane with bandmates Paul Kantner and David Freiberg entitled "Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun".
- Has been writing songs, stories, poems and free verse since childhood.
- Attended and graduated from Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California (1958).
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (as a member of Jefferson Airplane).
- Aside from singing with Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship, she also sometimes played piano, keyboards, flute and recorder for the bands.
- Had a long-term relationship with Jefferson Airplane bandmate Paul Kantner.
- Retired from the music business and has pursued a career as an artist.
- She once revealed that she, along with Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman, once tried to attend a White House tea for graduates of Finch College, where Tricia Nixon once attended. While at the tea, Slick intended to sneak up next to President Richard Nixon and spike his tea with LSD. The secret service recognized them and escorted them off the grounds before the attempt could be made.
- Along with Janis Joplin, she was one of the first female rock stars and an important figure in the directed change of rock music in the late 1960s.
- She was the lead singer for the rock groups Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
- She gave birth to her daughter China Kantner on January 25, 1971 in San Francisco. Contrary to popular belief, Slick never seriously intended to name her "God" or "god" with a lower-case g, she said this jokingly to a religious delivery room nurse as she was filling out the birth certificate.
- Ranked #20 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Her favorite bands are The Rolling Stones and Gipsy Kings.
- Has an affinity for all things Eastern and Spanish. Since she loves Spanish things so much, she feels she must have spent many lives in Spain, or in Southern California while it was under Spanish rule.
- Listens to music from the 1960s and 1970s, classic jazz and Spanish music.
- Has a younger brother named Chris, born September 1949.
- Attended Finch College in New York City and the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
- Sang lead and played guitar, bass, recorder, piano and organ for her first band The Great Society.
- Interests include art, philosophy, spirituality, sewing and writing.
- Wrote in her book that she wakes up at 4:30 every morning.
- Her middle name, Barnett, was also her mother's maiden name.
- Her song with Jefferson Starship, "We Built This City" was #1 on VH1 and Blender magazine's "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever".
- Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Has English, Norwegian and Swedish ancestry.
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