I really didn't ever think we'd get back together.
I think it took us being apart to really understand... who we were as Individuals, outside of the Go-Go's.
I think we get a lot of recognition and it's great.
We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.
We really broke down some doors for women and for musicians in general. It was just go out and form a band and don't care what anyone thinks.
Above and beyond anything, we didn't have lives outside of the band.
If we were all happy and getting along every second of the day, we'd probably make some schmaltzy record.
What's the essence of the Go-Go's? Great melodies, guitar hooks, driving drums. All of that.
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.'
There's been way too much talk about all our problems.
Personally speaking, I think the Beatles were our biggest influence.
We were naive in a lot of ways, but that was part of the charm. We were very young.
We thought we'd last forever. Then, of course, we didn't, and that was shocking.
We're not trying to impress anybody. We're not trying to change anybody's mind. We're just out there playing, and it's something we love.
When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band.
All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that years later we'd be selling out shows.
If we would have had clear brains to take a break, instead of breaking up, we would have left room for balance in our lives.
Actually going on tour is like the break in the year that I go away and do something different and come back.
We are just a rock and pop band, that's what we are. And I believe we recorded the records to feature the songs rather than it being a giant production.
In reality - and we've always said this - yes, we are girls, women, but, first and foremost, we're musicians and we're songwriters.
