“There's this whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a ...” — Kate Pierson Quote

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

We do benefits for various groups. But the main reason to be B-52's is to have fun and party and go nuts.

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

I was doing space girl outfits way before Katy Perry or Gaga!

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.

Rock and roll reaches people because it's honest and doesn't shy away from the issues.

I have a saying, which is, 'Crazy is good for business.' I think rock and roll really is about being a bit crazy.

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band needs to come out.

Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.