“I'm not a failed guitar player turning to bass. I am a real bassist. I do a six-minute bass solo on stage – and, I might add, not an easy one!” Suzi Quatro on the spirit that’s driven her, and the moment of fate that made her a bassist

Suzi Quatro.

The spirit that guided Suzi Quatro through her trailblazing ‘70s heyday guides her now. “It will never burn out. Never, never, never!” she proclaims. Passion is the name of her game; not just with songwriting, but with her bass playing, which she takes as seriously as a heart attack.

“I am not a failed guitar player turning to bass,” Quatro states. “I am a real bassist. I do a six-minute bass solo on stage – and, I might add, not an easy one!”