Suzi Quatro revealed that she managed to stay grounded after nearly 60 years of stardom by placing her entire collection of awards and memorabilia in one room and visiting it occasionally.
In a new interview with The Guardian , the 71-year-old woman recalled what has changed in her life since she started out as a teenage sensation in the 1960s.
“Having an ‘Ego Room’ has kept me normal after 57 years in this business,” Quatro said. “It’s on the third floor of my house and it’s full of awards, posters, stage clothes, and the red book from This Is Your Life ,” he said. “When I feel like it, I go in and have fun. Then I go out and close the door. That’s how I exist in this business.”
She went on to reflect that her recurring role on Happy Days had given her “good and lasting friendships,” explaining, “I email Henry [Winkler] and Ron [Howard] quite a bit. It’s been a wonderful experience being a new actress in a family of good actors.”
Regarding her career in general, she stated that she didn't consider herself a pioneer. "I was just being who I was, stubbornly clinging to my character, not caring that no one had done it before me. I didn't know I was breaking standards everywhere I went. Looking back, I see what I did and I'm very proud of it," she said.
Suzi Quatro considered her biggest regret to be not having visited her mother shortly before her death.
“She had stomach cancer, and I went to see her six or seven times during the process. So, when it got very close, I just couldn’t see her that way,” he said.
Finally, Suzi also reported that she didn't plan on flying again. “Once, flying from Miami to London, we went through a huge storm. They made seven attempts to land – touching down and climbing again – so we had to go to Amsterdam. That was the last time I flew,” she explained. “Maybe I'm being dramatic, but I really felt my time had come.”
