7 Quotes by Chantal Claret

I feel more of a kindred bond with the men people compare me to than the women. If someone says Bon Scott or Guns N' Roses, I'll take that any day over Peaches.

You have to really love both extremes ? recording is really never moving and being in a hole and playing live is moving every second and never stopping. If you love both of those extremes this is like the best job in the world.

Every day feels like before the first day of school, you know when you like lay your clothes out, you can't sleep and you're really excited.

That?s funny that you say that, because I was trying to think, what's the theme of this record really, and I would say passion and frustration. New rock is frustrated. I'm an incredibly frustrated person. I think you could see that in my performance. That?s how I vent my frustration.

There were no girlfriends, no boyfriends, no family ? it was like summer camp except with analogue equipment and Gil Norton.

Honestly, I don't purposely write dirty songs. To me none of them are dirty; they're all really sweet. They're love songs. They're lust songs.

I can't stand playing a show when the audience stands there doing the ambivalent -- head bob. It's so ridiculous, everyone watching each other, everyone trying to be cool. Give it up.