A biography for Gina Schockhasn’t been written yet.
“Being in this band is like being in high school all over again. We're like a bunch of little maniacs.”
“You had to fight every inch of the way, that's what made us trailblazers.”
“When I was in Baltimore, I played in several different bands, doing four sets a night, two sets of originals, two sets of covers, that kind of thing.”
“I mean, all the record companies said no, you know, say 10 record companies, whatever. But one said yes, and it took only one to make The Go-Go's happened.”
“I'd keep the bay windows open, and neighbors would walk by and say, 'Oh, that's Gina playing music.' They were fascinated.”
“We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.”
“In The Go-Go's, my philosophy is that I contribute whatever the song requires. I never think, 'What can I put in here to show off the latest trick that I just picked up?' What I think is, 'What's required from me as a drummer to make this a better song?'”
“I don't want someone taking up half my time. I don't need to get my heart broken.”
“We were constantly together. Anybody who had a boyfriend had to go through the Go-Go's first. It was a little too close for comfort after a while.”
“We didn't like the way that our 'Behind the Music' came out at all, to say the least, and so it made everybody kind of gun-shy about ever doing anything like that again.”
“When I left Baltimore, I told everyone, 'Next time you see me, I'm going to be a rock star.'”
“Everybody's been blessed with something, and my gift is my timing. Let's face it, it's all about keeping time and having a groove.”
“I just don't like to be called a 'woman' or a 'lady' because I don't feel like either a woman or a lady. I feel like a musician.”
“The only problem is, that the musicians, the guys, their careers can go from the time they're 18 'till they're 50 years old and when they get wrinkles, they're 'character lines.' But when girls get 'em, they're wrinkles!”
“Everything happened relatively quickly in our rise to the top. But we were like robots. We were told what to do and we just did it. We didn't have time to look inside ourselves. It was all just a constant whirlwind.”
“To influence people to do something they love, it's a wonderful thing.”
“First of all, The Go-Go's have always had pop melodies, OK? And the punk aspect was just at the root of it.”
“Being in a band, you become each other's best friends as well as each other's worst enemies.”
“One thing I did inject was a different work ethic: Guys, no, we don't rehearse once or twice a month, we rehearse every day after work and on weekends, and that's how we're gonna get better. And everybody adopted that work ethic, and it did pay off.”
“At first, being girls got us a lot of attention. But no one would take us seriously.”