American family Quote by Lemmy Kilmister

I was with a group called the Nappy Headz. We had a song called Robbery it was like a redo of Khias My Neck,…

— T-Pain

I remember a concert for a visiting girls school, and that was the first time I ever sang - it was always about girls…

— Chet Faker

First concert I saw was a British boy band called Take That when I was 14 or 15. I went with nine girls from school.

— James Corden

I never get tired of doing those Runaways songs. My mind is still that young girl up on stage, only a lot wiser. I…

— Cherie Currie

I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer.…

— Joan Jett

I was the bass player in the '70s all-female rock band the Runaways.

— Jackie Fuchs

When I was young I was listening to the Spice Girls and Destiny's Child. I was singing 'Independent Woman' and 'Survivor,' and it was…

— Kate Nash

There is more to me than just having been in the Runaways. And even though I'm really, really proud of what the band accomplished,…

— Jackie Fuchs

We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field on this…

— James Mercer

Back in 1981, the chances of a punk-rock girl band from L.A. doing what we did was completely nil.

— Charlotte Caffey

There was something about the chemistry of the band and we would feed off each other. It was a gang of girls unleashed.

— Charlotte Caffey

In April of 1978 I was asked to join an all-girl band that was just taking shape, The Go-Go's. It was one of those…

— Charlotte Caffey