First of all, I’m pretty private about my personal life. — Pat Benatar

I spent most of my adult life as someone’s mother and the rest of my life trying to make sure that children are safe. So this to me is–we wrote Hell Is For Children in 1979. — Pat Benatar

Everything changes all the time, and unfortunately, everyone who knows what you do by buying records only hears a small amount of what’s going on in your life. — Pat Benatar

You don’t want to trash what you’ve done; that’s your history. — Pat Benatar

You’re a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker, don’t you mess around with me. — Pat Benatar

We can’t afford to be innocent, stand up and face the enemy. It’s a do or die situation, we will be invincible. — Pat Benatar

Everything that we do I pretty much want to be organic, so if that happens, then that’s okay with me. But I’m not interested in trying to re–create what once was. That doesn’t interest me; it’s boring. — Pat Benatar

Everything must change, everything must move forward. — Pat Benatar

Love is more than a one way reflection, stop using sex as a weapon. — Pat Benatar

I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa’s pushing the envelope every day and I really like that. — Pat Benatar

You shouldn’t have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh. — Pat Benatar

We’ll just play it cool, like Elvis at 19. — Pat Benatar

Once I had kids, my whole attitude changed. I was like, ‘You make a spinal cord from scratch and we’ll talk. — Pat Benatar

We live and learn from our mistakes, the deepest cuts are healed by faith. — Pat Benatar

At fifty. I thought I would be done. I thought I’d be finished by now. So I have no idea. I just leave it. — Pat Benatar

Love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child. — Pat Benatar

It’s so hard [to be parent] and no matter how old you get and how experienced you get you’re always scared you’re going to screw it up and you’re going to make a mistake. — Pat Benatar

I love Katy Perry, she is a wonderful pop singer. — Pat Benatar

I felt I had a responsibility to do the right thing. And then I wanted to do the right thing by my family and there was no handbook. — Pat Benatar

I never looked at people or singing as commodities. — Pat Benatar

Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place. — Pat Benatar

If you’re retired, it’s a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you want to do, it’s not a blessing as all–it’s a curse. — Pat Benatar

You can’t change the past so don’t let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you’ve got to want to. — Pat Benatar

The great times were never as great as they seem in the rearview mirror. — Pat Benatar

I don’t care who’s on the label, because I have a job to do. — Pat Benatar