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. – Suzi Quatro
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 the sun, but that’s a rarity. – Suzi Quatro
I haven’t talked to any young artists for a long time. But if we did sit down, I’d definitely tell them my viewpoint. If it was Lady Gaga, I’d say: ‘You’re talented, and you’ve obviously got the goods… what the hell are you doing with your image? How can anyone take you serious?’ – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
Ever since I was a child, I’ve just had this sense that I’m connected to the spiritual world. I thought everyone else felt the same way. I can hear voices – not all the time – but when I’m with certain people, it sometimes comes through. – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
I was a me-ist. I believed in the right to do whatever I wanted to do regardless of gender. Still do. – Suzi Quatro
I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry. – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
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. – Suzi Quatro
I hate canceling anything, I’m ‘the show must go on’ mentality. If you can crawl, you can take the stage. – Suzi Quatro
I may have been sexy, but I was covered up total. There was something left to the imagination. – Suzi Quatro
I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you’d expect, huh? – Suzi Quatro
