The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.
When you're up on stage, especially being a female guitar player in a male-dominated field, if they just see you're into it, and it's your passion, and you're just giving it your all - it's not, like, an accessory - then it's all cool.
I don't like karaoke very much. I like being around it, but I don't like singing it. If I had to sing a karaoke song, it's usually "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield.
I'm so jealous of my friends who came from these super musical households where they were learning piano at three years old. My parents didn't really play loads of music around the house. We had the radio, but they weren't teaching me about music.
It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.
I think an album is all about the songs you've worked on and the journey it's taken to get there.
I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.
I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.
Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.
When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.
I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.
Iggy Pop looks right at me as he sings the line: 'America takes drugs in psychic defence'; only he changes 'America' to 'Scatlin', and defines us mair accurately in a single sentence than all the others have ever done.
People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.
At 14, I was in my own little classic rock country band. Then, after high school, I started another band called Northern Comfort. That was based out of Chico, Calif.
I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.
In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.
Making music is what drives me - not awards, not Internet fame, not even exorbitant amounts of money. My fans call themselves 'Aadeez,' and they are the most loyal lot. I make my music for them. I love them.
I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
I started dreaming of becoming a singer after seeing Michael Jackson in the 'Billie Jean' video. The mix of fantastic choreography and amazing music made such a huge impact on the music industry.
I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.
All my life, I've really enjoyed music: making music, playing it, and recording it. It's such a relief and a joy to do what I do for a living.
One of the things I love about music is live performance.
I didn't touch a guitar until I was 20.
I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really.
