GINA SCHOCK

First of all, The Go-Go's have always had pop melodies, OK? And the punk aspect was just at the root of it.

It wouldn't be in the typical fashion of the Go-Go's that anything isn't a struggle.

I can't see us getting into, like, long solos.

They're my sisters. We don't always like each other, but we'll always love each other.

Commercial success certainly helps pay the bills.

Being in this band is like being in high school all over again. We're like a bunch of little maniacs.

Most companies are out to make money. They aren't worried about anything except whether they can buy their new BMW next month.

We were so poor. Every item of clothing came from a thrift store.

When I left Baltimore I put everything I owned in my dad's pick-up truck and drove cross-country to make it as a rockstar in L.A.

Being in a band, you become each other's best friends as well as each other's worst enemies.

For us, gender didn't come up. We were friends who happened to play together. We never said, 'Gee, we're an all-girl band!'

When we play live, we go back to our punk roots.

You had to fight every inch of the way, that's what made us trailblazers.

Money can be pretty ugly.

I'd keep the bay windows open, and neighbors would walk by and say, 'Oh, that's Gina playing music.' They were fascinated.

We used to be such prima donnas.

We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.

When I left Baltimore, I told everyone, 'Next time you see me, I'm going to be a rock star.'

I wish that we all would have slowed down and savored the moment, loved what was happening and then appreciate it. It was going by so fast. Whatever the record told us to do, we'd do. We were just constantly touring, and then MTV happened and that kicked things up a notch for everybody.

We always thought if 'Beauty and the Beat' sold even 100,000 copies, we'd be real happy and a successful group, so when it reached a million... Hey, we just laughed about it.

There are a lot more women drummers now than there used to be, and I'd like to think that I'm part of the reason.

Most people think that girls can't play because they're girls.

We're family, like it or not. I can't tell you how many times we were going to break up for this or that, and then something would just bring us back together.

You know, you can only get beat up so much. And then you turn it around, and you're like, OK, we're not taking this anymore.

In the beginning, we'd walk off stage and burst into tears, 'cause we were getting bottles thrown at us, and boys were spitting all over us.