When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own.

I look around me and I don’t see any rock’n’roll at the moment. Instead it’s all choreography and stylists and wigs and stuff. It’s like they’re afraid to let the music breathe. No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day. We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too. We didn’t have no dancers, we didn’t have no goddamn wigs.

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day.

I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.

I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.