Cherie Currie

“Punk hadn't even begun when The Runaways started, at least not in the US. We had our own sound, straight up glam rock.”

“Little did I know how much the Runaways had influenced so many people.”

“My life has always seemed to move at a fast pace.”

“I never get tired of doing those Runaways songs. My mind is still that young girl up on stage, only a lot wiser. I really enjoy it.”

“Would I ever recommend anyone working with Kim Fowley? No. But I feel that The Runaways would never have happened without Kim's tough love, which also brought about the demise of the group.”

“Neal Shusterman is a phenomenal writer, he's known for his young-adult books.”

“We got such abuse on a daily basis. They were trying to harden us to the reality of the rock'n'roll world but how could we possibly know this wasn't the way it was supposed to be?”

“I couldn't even listen to The Runaways' music for about 20 years.”

“I went on to become a drug counselor and then I became a mother, which is the biggest gift I've ever had.”

“I had just been to the David Bowie Diamond Dogs concert, and I kid you not: When I watched him onstage, a lightning bolt came out of the sky and zapped me. I knew at that moment, that's what I wanted to do with my life. It was my calling.”

“Well, chainsaw art is when you pick up a log and carve a mermaid or a dolphin or dogs or bears or whatever. I saw some people doing it in Malibu in the early '90s and I couldn't get it out of my head.”

“I made a record with my sister, which was a mistake. I didn't listen to that voice in my heart that said, 'This isn't right.' I went ahead and did it anyway. It was a mistake, and so it failed.”

“I wouldn't change a thing except I wish we could have got back together. That's my only regret... Being in the Runaways, we were trailblazers, we changed a lot of people's perspectives on what they could or could not do as females.”

“I thought the Runaways always got brushed under the rug. The Go-Go's, at least they always gave us credit.”

“I met Joan Jett and Kim Fowley in a club, and all of a sudden this amazing offer comes to me. I'm thinking 'This is all I want to do.' I jumped at the chance.”