Top 25 Belinda Carlisle Quotes

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.

To be able to drive a rickshaw legally, I had to get an international motorcycle license in L.A., which I have now.

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

I’ve always known I could write. I have an ear for production and melody. It was just that, in those early years, I let everyone do it for me. To be honest, I was a little lazy!

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

I was like the good girl, bad girl, there were no grey areas for me.

Having Brian Wilson sing on my album was an unforgettable experience.

Life’s too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.

I’ve got a great family, great career, great friends, and a lot of passions, which make my life interesting and fulfilling every day.

For me, it’s simple: everybody deserves the same rights.

I’ve been blessed from the very beginning with the large gay audience, and I’m flattered. They always have the best taste anyways and are at the forefront of fashion, music, and style. So I’m really happy about that and very flattered. It’s a good following to have because it means you’re doing something right.

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 had no musical training at all.

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.

Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies.

Anything that I ever do is from the heart and authentic.

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

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

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.

You never know what goes on behind closed doors.

I do a lot of solo work in Europe and the Far East, and my main passion is traveling.

Since I was a young girl in the punk scene, almost all of my friends have been gay or lesbian, so for me, it’s an obvious answer when it comes to whether or not gay people should be recognized as equal.

There should be a lot of bands like the Go-Go’s out there, but there aren’t.

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.

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