You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.
Pat BenatarI felt I had a responsibility to do the right thing. And then I wanted to do the right thing by my family and there was no handbook.
Pat BenatarEverything that we do I pretty much want to be organic, so if that happens, then that's okay with me. But I'm not interested in trying to re-create what once was. That doesn't interest me; it's boring.
Pat BenatarIn my early 20s, I had this idea that I was going to front a band, like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. I didn't just want to be the chick singing ballads about somebody breaking my heart. Everyone in the business said, 'Why don't you do what Olivia Newton-Jonn and Linda Ronstadt are doing?' But I wanted to sing as a powerful female who wasn't afraid to speak her mind or be sexual.
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