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
writing piano guitar
I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.
brother piano world
I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.
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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.
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My look hasn't changed in years. It's a uniform of T-shirts, ripped jeans and cowboy boots. I have a black fitted suit that I wear on the odd occasion when I have to dress up, but I tend to have rocky things in my wardrobe that I pull out and recycle.
call dad fat knew musical
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.
picked
When punk picked up black leather, I put it down.
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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.
breed rollers
I'm one of those rare breed of rock n' rollers with a brain, probably because the brain's still intact.
good high keeps money score scrabble trying
I'm a Scrabble nut, and I need something to do while I'm travelling. Scrabble keeps me occupied, I play against myself. I have a high score of 718 that I'm always trying to beat. I'm a good player. You don't want to play me for money, that's for sure.
cycle goes loud music
This is just the way it goes: there's always a cycle with music - it goes up and it goes down, it goes risque and it goes back, it goes loud then it goes soft, then it goes rock and it goes pop.
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I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because no one else wanted to. When I strapped it on, it fit me as good as my leathers. At the first gig we played, I looked out at the audience and thought, 'This is what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life.'
jog though
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.
bass few gives played string
I like a 5 string bass - it gives you some interesting options. I played one a few times on stage. There was no problem... I was real natural.
bit snob
I'm a bit of a wine snob and like a glass of Chateaux Margaux '82 with a meal or to unwind.