30 Kate Pierson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kate Pierson

American Musician

Born: Apr 27, 1948

Band Love People Think Time You

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Usually, when we write in The B-52s, it's quite a collaborative process. We really take hours - and sometimes days - jamming, and then we listen and listen to them and go, 'Oh, let's use this part, and then this part.' It's really like a collage. Kate Pierson

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Five people in a Volkswagen station wagon without equipment. Now we tour with six people in a van. Kate Pierson

People Station Van Tour Without Equipment Wagon Five Six Now

I think it really changes things when you're able to get married. I mean, the Marriage Equality Act was super important. I think you cannot believe it happened as fast as it did. For a lot of gay people, it's very surprising. You thought that this is going to be a struggle forever. Kate Pierson

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I want to be the first rock band on Mars. Kate Pierson

First Band Mars Be The First Rock Rock Band Want

I like harmonizing with other people, but a lot of times, I do harmonize with myself. Kate Pierson

Myself People Other Harmonize Like Lot Times

The Beatles had a huge impact on me. I did 'Strawberry Fields Forever', and we worked it out in an open tuning. That's such a beautiful song, and I think I did it in a different way. Kate Pierson

Beautiful Me Beatles Song Think Way Out Impact Open Had Huge Huge Impact Forever Did Different Tuning Fields Worked Different Way

We have a family dynamic - more like brothers and sisters than friends. So there can be a bit of competition, but there's also love and respect. But there's a thing to not push each other's buttons. You know what the buttons are, so don't push them. Kate Pierson

I've always wanted to be a musician. I love music; like, I probably sang when I was born. Kate Pierson

Love Music Musician Born Like Always Wanted Sang

I had really long hair, and we had this hairdresser, Laverne, that was in Athens. And she did my hair up really big. And she said, 'Honey, when you hang your head over the bed and make love, that hair is not going to move.' Kate Pierson

There's this whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl. Kate Pierson

Personality Girl Farm Split Rock Rock And Roll Roll Being Whole Thing

I'm always saying in the studio, 'My vocals are too loud!' or 'My vocals have too much effect on them!' I like some of it, but I'm not a fan of loading effects onto my voice. Kate Pierson

Saying Too Much Too Some Vocals Voice Onto Studio Like Always Effect Effects Loud Fan Them Much

In the late '90s, we kind of took a sabbatical, and I got an invitation to play with a Japanese band and formed a supergroup called NiNa. It was Yuki from Judy and Mary and Masahide Sakuma from The Plastics, a Japanese equivalent of the B-52s. It went to No. 1 in Japan. Kate Pierson

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Everyone has that experience in a club where a doorman doesn't pick you out. Kate Pierson

You Experience Club Everyone Out Pick Where

No beehive. Beehives - we sort of put them - well, we revive them sometimes. Kate Pierson

Sometimes Put Well Sort Beehive Revive Them

The inspiration for our vocal harmonies was sort of Appalachian. It's sort of at weird intervals, and it almost has an Appalachian kind of feel to it. The harmonies were really spontaneous. And the way we jammed, we would just get into a trance. Kate Pierson

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I don't think we were shy so much as we were terrified. Especially when we did 'Saturday Night Live' on live TV. We looked really animatronic because we were scared, but it came off as being this alien sort of attitude, which served us well, because people were like, 'Whoa, this is so weird.' Kate Pierson

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There's a very collaborative, collective attitude. That's a very female principle. We try to nurture that aspect of the band. Kate Pierson

Attitude Try Nurture Collective Band Collaborative Principle Female Very Aspect

All our friends - so many friends are gay or lesbian and transgender. We're just in that world. We all went through the devastating time of the AIDS crisis, and I think that galvanized us to be more activists - AIDS activists. Kate Pierson

Time Gay World Transgender Lesbian Think AIDS Our Crisis More Through Devastating Friends Just Us Many Activists

People are making their own records in their houses. It's an exciting time. Kate Pierson

Time People Own Records Exciting Exciting Time Houses Making

One of my favorite lyrics is 'Clams on the half-shell and roller skate, roller skate.' So they can be just really party-inspiring lyrics or just something brilliant like 'Tutti Frutti.' Kate Pierson

Brilliant Lyrics Favorite Something Like Roller Just Skate Just Something Really

I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion. Kate Pierson

'Love Shack' is such an eternal kind of song; at karaoke, people do it. Kate Pierson

Love People Song Kind Shack Eternal Karaoke

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