I used to stick my head out the window when I was a kid and sing at the top of my lungs and think no one could hear me.
There's nobody like The B-52s. But doing stuff on my own, I can also express more personal songs.
It's true. I'm not a spokesperson. But I can say now that transgendered people like to be heard and to be respected.
The whole reason to make a solo album is to express what you can't express with the B-52s. The B's are so much about fun and partying and dancing.
Everyone has that experience in a club where a doorman doesn't pick you out.
No beehive. Beehives - we sort of put them - well, we revive them sometimes.
I've always wanted to be a musician. I love music; like, I probably sang when I was born.
I've always wanted to do a solo project. I've always known I wanted to be a musician.
I always was songwriting in high school, writing songs while I was supposed to be listening to the teacher.
The first rock record I ever bought was 'Great Balls of Fire.' I was real little, and I went to Atlanta to get it.
I rent space on a farm for 15 dollars a month, and I have the use of about a quarter of an acre.
I want to be the first rock band on Mars.
Cindy had two kids. We did manage to keep playing and doing summer tours with the Go-Gos, the Pretenders, and Blondie.
We've always been a band who wants to put our money where our mouths are. We have political songs, but we don't like to hit people over the heads with stuff. So it's better to do benefits and causes and talk about it later rather than always trying to put it in the song.
The inspiration for our vocal harmonies was sort of Appalachian. It's sort of at weird intervals, and it almost has an Appalachian kind of feel to it. The harmonies were really spontaneous. And the way we jammed, we would just get into a trance.
We have always appealed to people outside of the mainstream. Constantly, we get people coming up to us and saying, 'I was just the freakiest one in high school. I was the only one who kept playing the B-52's.'
Every time I go to Athens, it's not just a trip down memory lane; there's some surprise. I always meet somebody new, or some crazy party happens, or there's some amazing event.
There's this whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl.
In a band with humor, it's easy to be a caricature, especially when you've been around as long as we have. But we sing those songs as genuine as we can, always from the heart. When we do the fish sounds in 'Rock Lobster,' Cindy and I are pouring our hearts out.
We have quite a few political songs: 'Channel Z,' let's 'Keep This Party Going' on. Our lyrics aren't too hit-you-over-the-head, but they have political undertones. We're active politically.
