The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.

A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to.

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

I was raised in a musical family - 5 girls and 1 boy - so all of us girls don't do gender. We were all made to believe that we could do anything we wanted and so we did. One of my early bands was with my sisters. I didn't really come across a lot of problems because I just didn't see it. I took myself seriously and so everyone else did too - this is my mantra.