Monica Barbaro

I carry my finger pick around all the time now, because it reminds me that I want to keep playing guitar.

— Monica Barbaro

I had some sense of my voice on my own, but playing guitar is so technical and so that really intimidated me,…

— Monica Barbaro

I love getting to dress up in an array of styles for press events, and as the various characters I play.

— Monica Barbaro

Mill Valley, where I grew up, was a flower-power place. It's been yuppified now - more like Beverly Hills than Berkeley -…

— Monica Barbaro

Lots of women in the folk scene tried to do just that, to sound like Joan, but it's really impossible. Her voice…

— Monica Barbaro

I became very close with a lot of the guys at Top Gun and to the instructors... the way they talked about…

— Monica Barbaro

I have been really lucky to be able to design my career after finding roles that are really different from the last…

— Monica Barbaro

I really wanted this Elsa Peretti Tiffany necklace, which is on a very, very thin gold chain with just a little diamond.…

— Monica Barbaro

I remember a day when Tom Cruise was explaining a detail he had changed and why he changed it. Offhandedly, he said,…

— Monica Barbaro

That's why people, not that I think this is like always a necessary process, but people who are method actors, there's a…

— Monica Barbaro

I treat myself to a piece of jewelry every time I get a job. I call it my 'accomplishment collection.'

— Monica Barbaro

With press in the past, I've felt like I had to sort of play a character to sort of get through it.

— Monica Barbaro

I worked at Free People. I loved it. I worked at a gym. I did really well in those jobs, but eventually…

— Monica Barbaro

Mexico City is truly a city and it feels just like New York City does.

— Monica Barbaro

I did not play guitar. I could tinker around on the ukulele, and that was about it. It was a real overhaul…

— Monica Barbaro

I feel I grew up with three parents. My stepmother also showed me a career in the arts was possible. When she…

— Monica Barbaro

I think in a big way, watching a big media movie represent a woman in a way that that she's strong and…

— Monica Barbaro

I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang…

— Monica Barbaro

I knew I could kind of carry a tune, but I didn't sing. So I worked with an incredible vocal coach and…

— Monica Barbaro

I have watched Bulgari evolve over time while remaining true to its heritage, and I am excited to be a part of…

— Monica Barbaro

I kind of had this moment of, 'I don't want to have to negotiate how much skin I'm going to show for…

— Monica Barbaro

It's such a beautiful moment where costuming meets fashion and current trends, and also references beautiful historical fashion. I just find it…

— Monica Barbaro

No matter how cool the stunts are, how good the music may be, human stories and connection are what live forever.

— Monica Barbaro