--- title: "10 Us Quotes By Charlotte Caffey" description: "10 Us quotes by Charlotte Caffey. Plus more from Charlotte Caffey and more Us sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_against_we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-w_217440.jpg" --- > [We were a bonded group of girls, and it was us against the world and us against the odds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-was-us-against-the-world-and/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_against_we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-w_217440.jpg) > [No one told us what to wear, what to write, what to play. When they tried to, we shot 'em down easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/no-one-told-us-what-to-wear-what-to-write-what-to-play-when-they/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/charlotte-caffey-5530_down_no-one-told-us-what-to-wear-what-to-writ_2219856.jpg) > [I think it took us being apart to really understand... who we were as Individuals, outside of the Go-Go's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-think-it-took-us-being-apart-to-really-understand-who-we-were-as/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/charlotte-caffey-5530_alike_i-think-it-took-us-being-apart-to-really_644916.jpg) > [I wrote 'We Got the Beat,' which is a fun song, and people equate us with fun, but there's so much more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-wrote-we-got-the-beat-which-is-a-fun-song-and-people-equate-us-with/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_beat_i-wrote-we-got-the-beat-which-is-a-fun-s_2110458.jpg) > [The odds were against us being an all-female garage band from California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/the-odds-were-against-us-being-an-all-female-garage-band-from/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/charlotte-caffey-5530_band_the-odds-were-against-us-being-an-all-fe_2445409.jpg) > [I do believe the music keeps us coming back. We really enjoy playing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-do-believe-the-music-keeps-us-coming-back-we-really-enjoy-playing-it/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/charlotte-caffey-5530_back_i-do-believe-the-music-keeps-us-coming-b_3170363.jpg) > [One of the problems we had was trying to live up to this bubbly image. All the music was supposed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/one-of-the-problems-we-had-was-trying-to-live-up-to-this-bubbly-image/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/charlotte-caffey-5530_live_one-of-the-problems-we-had-was-trying-to_1239614.jpg) > [We had so many obstacles. We had a lot of sexism and misogyny, there's a lot of things that were against us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-had-so-many-obstacles-we-had-a-lot-of-sexism-and-misogyny-there-s/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/charlotte-caffey-5530_adversity_we-had-so-many-obstacles-we-had-a-lot-of_854619.jpg) > [We were the first all-girl band that wrote and played our own stuff. You know, the odds were really against us because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-were-the-first-all-girl-band-that-wrote-and-played-our-own-stuff/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/charlotte-caffey-5530_band_we-were-the-first-all-girl-band-that-wro_1859508.jpg) > [Legendary photographer Annie Leibowitz persuaded us to pose in our underwear. When the magazine hit the stands we were horrified to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/legendary-photographer-annie-leibowitz-persuaded-us-to-pose-in-our/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/charlotte-caffey-5530_excited_legendary-photographer-annie-leibowitz-p_2287718.jpg) ## Other authors on Us ## More by Charlotte Caffey > [We would go to photo sessions and it was just the most ridiculous stuff. It was like, 'Here, lick on these lollipops.' And we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-would-go-to-photo-sessions-and-it-was-just-the-most-ridiculous/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [I don't want to be part of a band unless it's fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-don-t-want-to-be-part-of-a-band-unless-it-s-fun/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [Look; being in this band, of course it would be great, yeah. But, I mean, I don't live and breathe every minute of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/look-being-in-this-band-of-course-it-would-be-great-yeah-but-i-mean-i/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [It's like our little thing: you can take the girl out of the punk, but you can't take the punk out of the girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/it-s-like-our-little-thing-you-can-take-the-girl-out-of-the-punk-but/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [I mean, when we put out our first album, it was 'Gosh, we really hope it sells 100,000 copies. That was the innocence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-mean-when-we-put-out-our-first-album-it-was-gosh-we-really-hope-it/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [I've never been a great lead guitar player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-ve-never-been-a-great-lead-guitar-player/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [I've been married for 23 years to Jeff McDonald from Redd Kross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/i-ve-been-married-for-23-years-to-jeff-mcdonald-from-redd-kross/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/being-in-a-band-is-being-punk-no-matter-what-you-have-to-dedicate/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [Personally speaking, I think the Beatles were our biggest influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/personally-speaking-i-think-the-beatles-were-our-biggest-influence/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [My whole world up until punk was this total repressed Catholic lifestyle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/my-whole-world-up-until-punk-was-this-total-repressed-catholic/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [We were a bonded group of girls, and it was us against the world and us against the odds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-was-us-against-the-world-and/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [We did three records in three years and I don't know how many world tours, and we were just in our early 20s. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-did-three-records-in-three-years-and-i-don-t-know-how-many-world/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [We didn't want to change who we are. We're not going to sit there and go, 'Let's be a rap band now.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-didn-t-want-to-change-who-we-are-we-re-not-going-to-sit-there-and/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [Actually going on tour is like the break in the year that I go away and do something different and come back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/actually-going-on-tour-is-like-the-break-in-the-year-that-i-go-away/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) > [In some ways, we were very innocent. And in other ways, we were just rock 'n' roll girls on the loose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/in-some-ways-we-were-very-innocent-and-in-other-ways-we-were-just/) [Charlotte Caffey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-caffey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/us/charlotte-caffey/#itemlist", "name": "10 Us Quotes By Charlotte Caffey", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were a bonded group of girls, and it was us against the world and us against the odds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Caffey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-caffey/we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-was-us-against-the-world-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_against_we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-w_217440.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_against_we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-w_217440.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/charlotte-caffey-5530_against_we-were-a-bonded-group-of-girls-and-it-w_217440.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were a bonded group of girls, and it was us against the world and us against the odds.” — Charlotte Caffey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one told us what to wear, what to write, what to play. 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