All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir

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Price
$26.95
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.6 X 1.3 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781477312339
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About the Author

Kathy ValentineAustin, TexasKathy Valentine is a working musician and songwriter known for being part of the all-female band the Go-Go's. She wrote or cowrote many of the band's most renowned songs, including "Vacation" and "Head Over Heels." In addition to playing music and writing songs, Valentine has worked as an actor, public speaker and spokesperson, and producer. In 2017 she created "She Factory," an event series to raise money for women-centered nonprofits. She currently lives in her hometown of Austin with her daughter, where she plays in a band and is completing her first college degree.

Reviews

"[All I Ever Wanted] is wonderful. It's also an easy read, the prose as rhythmic and pulsating as [Valentine's] musicianship...All I Ever Wanted isn't a Rocky-like tale of victory, with a final act which sees The Go-Go's on top of the world conquering all comers. This is the story of a musician, a lifer, who simply refused to quit."-- (02/27/2020)
"In her candid new book, All I Ever Wanted...Valentine reflects on the highs of global stardom, the lows of substance abuse, and the aftermath of one of the '80s great pop bands."--Austin Monthly (03/01/2020)
"A revealing new book...[All I Ever Wanted is] not a dirty tell-all of life in the Go-Go's, but rather a cathartic analysis of [Valentine's] own life. The struggles and successes that made her the strong, sober, self-sufficient, musician and mother that she is today."-- (03/16/2020)
"For those who enjoy the name-dropping in a celebrity's book, Valentine has lots. From John Belushi to Rod Stewart, Lenny Kravitz to the Rolling Stones, she shares her adventures with some of the biggest names in music and movies. For those who love a good rags-to-riches story, there's poverty, loneliness, drugs, love, fame, heartbreak, happiness and finally contentment. And for those into music history, Valentine takes us through her songwriting and playing with the Textones, the Go-Go's and the Delphines, how she wrote her first song, "Can't Stop The World," and probably her most well-known tune, "Vacation," and how guitar has always been her first love."-- (03/23/2020)
"Raw and engrossing...Far from judgmental or cloying, All I Ever Wanted is a candid and self-aware memoir that provides a street view of a remarkable time in both Austin and LA's musical histories as well as a thoughtful perspective on the pressures, successes and failures of the music business and what it means to be a bold and hungry young woman within it."--Ovrld (03/18/2020)
"Valentine recounts in candid detail her life's ups-and-downs, including some unsettling revelations."--Page Six (03/25/2020)
"An open and often surprising read."--Billboard (03/25/2020)
"[A] frank and open autobiography."--Houston Press (03/27/2020)