The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does.
Kathy ValentineKids need stuff which is different than what their life is that they can kind of live through.
Kathy ValentineEvery now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.
Kathy ValentineWe only get together when there's a good reason. Like, last summer, we didn't really intend to go out, but we thought the B-52's tour was a good opportunity.
Kathy ValentineI think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.
Kathy ValentineWhen we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our record. We're having a new record out in the Spring.
Kathy ValentineI met Rodney when I first moved to LA, so I'd say 20 years. He's the eternal teenager.
Kathy ValentineIt's kind of like family. I can't say that we go out to lunch and to the movies every day with each other. Everyone's fully grown adult women with lives.
Kathy ValentineA lot of people don't realize it, but I've a lot less success than I've have had success.
Kathy ValentineIt's very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship - whether it's a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend.
Kathy ValentineI'm friends with Carla Olsen and she's doing a lot of producing these days. She's getting quite a little collection of records that she's produced. She's real busy.
Kathy ValentineI believe it makes us all even closer believe it or not. We were all pretty close to begin with but I think it's done even more for us. It truly is a brotherhood and I'm glad to be a part of it.
Kathy ValentineObviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.
Kathy ValentineI'm hoping that with the high profile that the Go-Go's are going to have over the next year, that if anybody is interested in what else I do, I'll have something I can say that I do.
Kathy ValentineI will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it.
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