Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro
Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro:2is an American glam rock 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.:1–3...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth3 June 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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One of my insecurities was my looks. I was short, cute and chubby, and Dad used to call me his 'little fat sausage.' But I always knew I had musical talent.
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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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Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems.
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I used to buy scented poetry books on tour and read aloud to the band. Not what you'd expect, huh?
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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.
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'Rolling Stone,' my first single, was only a hit in Portugal, but when we recorded my second single, 'Can The Can,' I got that hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck feeling, and I knew it would be huge. It topped the charts in the U.K. and Australia in 1973, and I got my first gold disc.
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Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.
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I always found the road exciting. I liked stinking hotels and freezing dressing rooms.
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Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity.
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I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together.
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Rock n' roll! It's the music of puberty.
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I may have been sexy, but I was covered up total. There was something left to the imagination.
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I can feel things - tap into emotions. When I meet a new person, I know their life straight away. I suppose you could call it a special intuition, but it's my number one quality, and I'm always 99.9 percent right. If I don't like someone, it always turns out to be for a good reason.
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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.