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Lita Ford

(1958) Singer United Kingdom

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Lita Ford is a singer from the United Kingdom, best known for Living Like a Runaway.

Quick Facts About Lita Ford

Born: September 19, 1958
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Singer
Notable works: Living Like a Runaway
Spouse: Jim Gillette

About Lita Ford

Lita Rossana Ford is a British musician. She was the lead guitarist for the all-female rock band the Runaways in the late 1970s, and then embarked on a successful glam metal solo career that hit its peak in the late 1980s. The 1989 single "Close My Eyes Forever", a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, remains Ford's most successful song, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Lita Ford

I don't want to change. I don't ever want to be a stuck-up asshole. I mean, some people probably think I am…

Care

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You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things

Hands

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It's better for me to play with guys because Rock 'n' Roll has such an aggressive attitude

Aggressive

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I have a lot of female fans.

Fans

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I'm not much of a club goer because every time I do go I get in trouble.

Clubs

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So I always get in some kind of situation where next thing I know it's four a.m. and I go, uh oh,…

Firsts

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But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals

Albums

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We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play…

Beer

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I would like to work with a great producer who I haven't met yet. I'm not sure who he is, but I'm…

Havens

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I didn't tour Europe, because I didn't have any label support

Europe

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I did play every little note on the guitar on that record

Guitar

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I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny

Blood

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Don't get me wrong, I've seen some very excellent women musicians.

Excellent

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I had funny memories, too, but the music was more important to me than anything else.

Had fun

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Life has become serious for me, although I do like to party every now and then.

Life

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I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick

Band

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I was never ready to give up, but I did get words of confidence to move forward from a few musicians that…

Confidence

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I need that aggressive attitude to play my music and more men have that attitude than women

Aggressive

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People that work in a business are likely to date somebody that is in the same business. If you are a doctor,…

Bankers

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I worked at the cosmetic counter at a fine department store

Cosmetics

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Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday.

Again

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I'm not much of a political person and even if I was, look, Rock 'n' Roll is supposed to be fun and…

Bits

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Being a female hard rocker and guitar player, I felt the need to put out a memoir. Almost like a rock 'n'…

Felt

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I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best

Happiness

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If I close my eyes forever will it all remain unchanged?

Eye

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