100 Quotes by Charlotte Caffey

I've been married for 23 years to Jeff McDonald from Redd Kross.

In the year after we signed with I.R.S. we made a record, started our own tour, toured with the Police, and our record went to No. 1. It was insane.

We did three records in three years and I don't know how many world tours, and we were just in our early 20s. And then we imploded.

We're a band and we just happen to be chicks, that's the way we've always thought of ourselves.

When we first started out, we made a vow to ourselves we wouldn't do it anymore if it wasn't fun. Well, we keep getting back together, so it must still be fun for everyone in it.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day always says we were influences on him, because he does melodic but distorted, like what we were doing. The Ramones were doing it. We were doing it. The Buzzcocks, all those bands.

I was fortunate enough to be living in Hollywood, CA, when the underground punk rock music scene started. It was a small group of artists, misfits and weirdos, where everyone was welcomed and encouraged to express themselves.

I've never been a great lead guitar player.

In reality - and we've always said this - yes, we are girls, women, but, first and foremost, we're musicians and we're songwriters.