Musician

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

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

I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.

I've got more than 600 pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses, from 1950s originals to newer models. I have them on the wall like opticians do so I can pick out a pair that goes with my outfit. I had around 30 pairs, then my husband Rainer started getting them for me as birthday and Christmas gifts.

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.

Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the amazing bass guitar of James Jamerson, who played on all the big Motown hits of the '60s and '70s, I knew bass guitar was my instrument.

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.

I would like to live forever in people's hearts and minds; that would be fun. I'll leave the world my art.

Rock n' roll! It's the music of puberty.

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