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" I always found the road exciting. I liked stinking hotels and freezing dressing rooms. "
Suzi Quatro
Dressing
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" My own musical ambitions were born when I was five, watching the Ed Sullivan Show on TV. When Elvis Presley burst on to the screen, singing 'Don't Be Cruel,' I felt my first sexual thrill, though I didn't know what it was at the time. "
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" I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar. "
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" There comes a crossroads in every marriage where you grow together or grow apart. I outgrew Len. He wanted me to be in that leather jumpsuit for the rest of my life and do nothing else. He constrained me. It got to a point where the marriage died or I did. "
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" I hate canceling anything, I'm 'the show must go on' mentality. If you can crawl, you can take the stage. "
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" There are things you're supposed to learn in life. My biggest regret was terminating a pregnancy when I was about 18. Every day, I think about who that baby would be now; it still makes me sad. "
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" Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as I once was. But looking back, I can't imagine a life without a guitar. "
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" You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype. "
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" I am the fourth of five children, and I can't remember a time with no babies in the house. "
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" Bass guitar is the engine of the band. "
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" I jog every day, but I haven't had plastic surgery - though that's not to say if one day I look in the mirror and go 'Ugh!' I won't have something done. "
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" I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind. "
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" I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together. "
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" It sounds corny, but I consider myself an old-fashioned entertainer. I could have been in variety. "
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" I'd always been insecure. Being the fourth of five kids means attention is divided five ways, and to do this equally is impossible. I grew up feeling like the little orphan in the family, the one who didn't fit in. "
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" I've got a quick mouth, and I set my boundaries. Nothing ever happened that I couldn't handle. Once when a guy came on stage making rude gestures, I hit him over the head with my guitar. "
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" Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training. "
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" I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special. "
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Mind
" I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry. "
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" I was inspired by Billie Holliday, and I really liked Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las because she wore tight trousers and a waistcoat on top - she looked hot. "
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" Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the amazing bass guitar of James Jamerson, who played on all the big Motown hits of the '60s and '70s, I knew bass guitar was my instrument. "
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" Even though my first marriage broke up, I'd say that I've had two good marriages and two good men. I've been very lucky. I like to think it's karma because, in a relationship, I give 300 per cent. I'm straight with my men, and I like to think it comes back. "
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