Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, known professionally by her stage name Pat Benatar, is an American singer, songwriter, and four time Grammy Award winner. She is a mezzo-soprano. She has had commercial success, particularly in the United States and Canada. During the 1980s, Benatar had two RIAA-certified multi-platinum albums, five RIAA-certified platinum albums, three RIAA-certified gold albums, 17 Billboard chartings, 15 of them being Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield",...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 January 1953
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's amazing hearing her, ... How many of these little untalented pop tarts can't really sing.
We live and learn from our mistakes, the deepest cuts are healed by faith.
I felt I had a responsibility to do the right thing. And then I wanted to do the right thing by my family and there was no handbook.
In my early 20s, I had this idea that I was going to front a band, like Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. I didn't just want to be the chick singing ballads about somebody breaking my heart. Everyone in the business said, 'Why don't you do what Olivia Newton-Jonn and Linda Ronstadt are doing?' But I wanted to sing as a powerful female who wasn't afraid to speak her mind or be sexual.
Of course, you're not making records in a vacuum. I'm not making them for myself. It would be nice if I could get more people to hear them. But if I have to sell my soul to the devil to do it, I won't.
But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.
If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it's not a blessing as all - it's a curse.
I wasn't interested in fabricating things and altering what I did to make hit records.
The great times were never as great as they seem in the rearview mirror.
You don't want to trash what you've done; that's your history.
Everything must change, everything must move forward.
I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer.
I play ten, twelve weeks out of the year, five times a week, and I really still love to do it. But that's not what I'm interested in doing now. Even though I love it.
I like Lady Gaga because I like that she pushes the envelope.