by Pat Benatar
At night when I close my eyes, I don’t see myself back onstage at Catch, thinking back to where it all began or some romanticized version of that past. I don’t revise history that way, and I don’t forget that the great times were never as great as they seem in the rearview mirror. Instead I see the road that’s led me here to this moment, and how now after thirty-one years, I am exactly where I want to be. The only clock that I punch is the one that I built myself.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you—to all my friends who cheered me on and to my family for putting up with my absence, and take-out.
To my assistant, Lindsay, who found the answers to all the questions and still laughed every day. To Brad, Gary G., Gary H., Clair, and Johnny M. for taking care of business. To the countless fans around the world, new and old, you’re the reason we’re still here. To Newman, in the end a leap of faith is still a beautiful thing. To my bandmates for every note, we’ve had some fun, haven’t we? To my crew for making it all roll. To Georgia, in your loving care I learned to fly. To my parents, for bringing me into this world and teaching me all about unconditional love. To God—for trusting me to be the steward of this amazing gift. To Andy—boy, crazy, huh? Miss you, every day. To Matt, editor extraordinaire, for wrangling all my thoughts and turning them into a wonderful book. You Rock. To Patsi, for being such a gentle teacher, your humor and talent inspired me every step of the way. To everyone at William Morrow, I’m thrilled to be working with such an amazing team…Shelby, you’re a doll!
To my darling daughters, Haley and Hana, your beauty is surpassed only by your loving hearts. Being your mother has been the greatest pleasure of my life. And finally, to my husband, the best man I know…A lifetime will not be enough. Ti amo.
About the Author
PAT BENATAR is one of the most accomplished female rock musicians of all time. She has won four Grammy Awards and sold more than twenty-two million records during a career that has produced nineteen Top 40 singles. Currently touring and performing around the country, she lives in California with her husband and two daughters.
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BETWEEN A HEART AND A ROCK PLACE. Copyright © 2010 by Pat Benatar. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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