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.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin

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 read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

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.

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

Nothing heals like love and time

Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems.

The bass and drums are the engine, and the key to good bass playing is it's not what you play, it's what you DON'T play that counts. You leave the spaces, they're more important than anything.

I feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player, no bullshit,' and that's what I got back. I got the respect.

We sing because we can't speak anymore. Dance is an extension of that - we dance because we can't speak anymore.

There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.

Debates should always move in the direction of understanding.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

Due to a Supreme Court decision, if these violent offenders cannot be sent home, our law enforcement officers have to release them into your communities.

Clowns work as well as aspirin, but twice as fast.

Forgetting is a blessing; remembering is a blessing! We are lucky that we can forget; we are lucky that we can remember!

Be kinder than expected.

Sometimes when I am writing, I am aware of a rhythm, a dance, a fury, which is as yet empty of words.

When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.