Quotes by Suzi Quatro

About Suzi Quatro:

Susan Kay is an American born, British-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress. She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star breaking a barrier to women's participation in rock music.
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I miss America because it's where I grew up. I miss the size of the roads, the size of cars, the malls, the choices of radio.

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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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I'm one of those rare breed of rock n' rollers with a brain, probably because the brain's still intact.

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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 think like a man but have the emotions of a woman, and that's really dangerous.

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I'm told I'm an incredible flirt because I don't know I'm doing it. I don't want to even analyse it, but I seduce people, apparently; I suck them in.

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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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It sounds corny, but I consider myself an old-fashioned entertainer. I could have been in variety.

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Inside, I feel 30ish - I'm childish and optimistic.

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

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You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

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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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I don't really think about male and female; if something's right for me, it's right for me, and it doesn't matter what it is - maybe that's what it took for me, a woman, to break down the doors.

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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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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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The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else builds on. Everything else, the guitar, the keyboards, is a colour.

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I'm totally active. I am just this side of hyper. I jog and go to the gym every day. When I'm on the computer, I'm reading, I'm writing, I'm never quiet. My brain is very rarely not engaged. Every now and again I will fall asleep under the parasol in...

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The golden rule for playing the bass is that's it all about feel, not just plonking away. You need to feel the sound, not using a pick or a plectrum - which has meant plenty of calluses on my fingers.

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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 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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I never wanted to model myself on a female singer, which tells you a lot about my character. I didn't have a female role model. There just wasn't anybody around. I played with the boys and beat them at their own game.

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Author Bio

  • NameSuzi Quatro
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornJune 3, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Musician