Belinda Carlisle

“Being famous for fame's sake wasn't the goal when I co-founded the Go-Go's. I just wanted to sing and have a laugh.”

“I love looking out in a crowded theater and seeing a sea of gay men.”

“When I recorded 'Sun,' I wanted to do something with more of a modern sound. I've never done anything like it, and it was fun for me to sing, but I'm not really a dance person per se. However, I would love to hear that song in the club. I think it's a really good dance song.”

“For me, it's simple: everybody deserves the same rights.”

“I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur.”

“The albums 'Heaven On Earth' and 'Runaway Horses' and 'Live Your Life Be Free' were harking back to when I was a young girl and listening to Californian radio - lush productions, complicated melodies, harmonies like the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. That's what those albums remind me of.”

“When I started to make money, I went a bit crazy. Once, I went to the race track and woke up the next morning owning a horse.”

“Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.”

“I had no musical training at all.”

“You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman.”

“However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse.”

“I would say the Go-Go's are pretty iconic but don't know if I'd refer to myself like that.”

“I don't drink, I don't smoke, and I do a lot of yoga.”

“I have an original voice. It may not be the best voice, but it's distinct, and I think that's what has carried me through the years.”

“I'm a little bit wary of people. It freaked me out when a fan connected with me on social media, then had plastic surgery to look like me, dyed his hair the same colour, and got a pug dog like mine. He was also a hacker, so I had to change all my passwords.”

“My son has made me more politically active when it comes to LGBTQ rights. When he came out, I worried about what the world was going to be like for him.”

“A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.”

“It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.”

“I grew up in Southern California and always loved melodic pop music.”

“The musical differences are obvious: the Go-Go's are more punk, while my solo work is more soft pop. But they're equally as fun and enjoyable for me. I couldn't possibly put one over the other.”