Suzi Quatro Quotes

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Suzi Quatro

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 3, 1950

When punk picked up black leather, I put it down.

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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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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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The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

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I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together.

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I don't know what else I would do. I love entertaining people, I love communicating, I love an audience. I'm a real artist, right from the bottom of my toes to the top of my head.

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I refused to wear make-up on TV. I wanted my music to be heard.

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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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A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

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Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.

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I was a me-ist. I believed in the right to do whatever I wanted to do regardless of gender. Still do.

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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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Anyone who has had their heart broken learns to keep a little safety area. Even now in my relationship, I have something I can call my own in case something goes wrong. You need a place to retreat to.

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I never, ever saw myself as glam because I didn't wear makeup... my image is a plain leather jumpsuit, which is not glam at all. I've always seen myself as rock n' roll and not glam.

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My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book - and probably will.

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Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems.

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I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still hanging on the wall in my front room. I loved the heaviness of it and the feel of the wood. I still do.

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After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only a keyboard replacement. The band had no name, just my name.

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As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

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I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

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