Musician

The more rocking, the better.

You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

With a baby, you have to be responsible, selfless, and patient. I was never into those things. I got what I wanted. I did what I wanted. I didn't consider myself a patient person.

You had to have a great voice or talent as a musician before imaging or marketing plans came into play.

Back when I first started with Scandal, I felt like I had to carry a lot of the weight because it was up to me to sell those songs.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn for a while as a kid. I went to junior high school there. Girls in Brooklyn have to be tough - I mean real tough - just to get by. It's life in the combat zone.

I'm able to do nothing.

I partnered with Headstrong because they give free and fast mental health support to our veterans who are most at risk. There is no red tape, and they get help within a day or two instead of weeks.

There aren't any coincidences. I think things really happen for a reason.

You can't keep doing the same things when you get married and have a family. You have to slow down. You have to be responsible.

You had to be tough to survive in my neighborhood.

You had to be tough to survive in my neighborhood.

Being a mom was a full-time job. I was never willing to sacrifice everything for my career.

I'm a lead singer of a band, and that's so enough. It's not like I need to have my name on everything. The new name 'Scandal, Featuring Patty Smyth' was just to make it clear that I wasn't leaving the group.

I'm a lead singer of a band, and that's so enough. It's not like I need to have my name on everything. The new name 'Scandal, Featuring Patty Smyth' was just to make it clear that I wasn't leaving the group.

I listen to country music. I listen to jazz. I listen to R&B. I listen to Jimi Hendrix a lot.

Honesty is always hip.

There aren't any coincidences. I think things really happen for a reason.

It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.

Scandal rarely toured after those first few hits. I want to go out and sing and connect with fans who may have never seen us live.