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

Reviewvalentine Recounts In Vivid Detail The Gloriously Debauched Path Of The Gogos Through Early Rock Success[She] Captures Both The Carefree Bliss Of Being Young, Beautiful, Rich And Talented, And The Darkness That Such Freedom Can Breed. Los Angeles Times Published On: 20200402[A] Vibrant New Autobiography. Washington Post Published On: 20200505[An] Excellent Recent Memoir. New York Times Published On: 20200729All I Ever Wanted Starts Off With Raw Memories Of Her Nightmarish Texas Youth, Then Flips Into A Wild Eighties Rock & Roll Ride. It All Starts With Her Childhood Dream: 'To Be In A Kickass Band With A Gang Of Likeminded Girls And Claim The Life I Wanted For Myself.' Kirkus/Rolling Stone, Best Music Books Of 2020 Published On: 20201207[An] Excellent Memoir...As Well As Telling The Enthralling Saga Of How The Gogos Got Big Through Hard Work, Hard Partying And Great Tunes, This Is Valentines Personal Bout Of Forensics. Her Arc Has A Candour, Clarity And Retrospective Warmth Born Of Sobriety And Therapy. Valentine Can Write. The Guardian Published On: 20220315[All I Ever Wanted] Is Wonderful. It'S Also An Easy Read, The Prose As Rhythmic And Pulsating As [Valentine'S] Musicianshipall I Ever Wanted Isn'T A Rockylike Tale Of Victory, With A Final Act Which Sees The Gogo'S On Top Of The World Conquering All Comers. This Is The Story Of A Musician, A Lifer, Who Simply Refused To Quit. L.A. Weekly Published On: 20200227In Her Candid New Book, All I Ever Wantedvalentine 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 Published On: 20200301A Revealing New Book[All I Ever Wanted Is] Not A Dirty Tellall Of Life In The Gogo'S, But Rather A Cathartic Analysis Of [Valentine'S] Own Life. The Struggles And Successes That Made Her The Strong, Sober, Selfsufficient, Musician And Mother That She Is Today. Please Kill Me Published On: 20200316For Those Who Enjoy The Namedropping In A Celebritys 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 Ragstoriches Story, Theres 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 Gogos And The Delphines, How She Wrote Her First Song, Cant Stop The World, And Probably Her Most Wellknown Tune, Vacation, And How Guitar Has Always Been Her First Love. Glide Magazine Published On: 20200323Raw And Engrossingfar From Judgmental Or Cloying, All I Ever Wanted Is A Candid And Selfaware Memoir That Provides A Street View Of A Remarkable Time In Both Austin And Las 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 Published On: 20200318Valentine Recounts In Candid Detail Her Life'S Upsanddowns, Including Some Unsettling Revelations. Page Six Published On: 20200325An Open And Often Surprising Read. Billboard Published On: 20200325[A] Frank And Open Autobiography. Houston Press Published On: 20200327All I Ever Wanted...Reads Like The Audio Book To The Gogo'S 1981 Game Changer, Beauty & The Beat, Which Spent Six Full Weeks At No. 1 And Remains The Only Charttopper Entirely Written And Recorded By A Group Made Up Entirely Of Women. Documenting Not Only The Decade Leading Up To The Music'S Diy Revolution Locally, The Ripping Read Blooms Into Full Technicolor Once Valentine Moves To L.A. And Replaces The Gg'S Departing Bassist. Sex, Drugs, And Youknowwhat Ensues. She Got The Beat. Austin Chronicle Published On: 20200403[A] Riveting New Book. Popmatters Published On: 2020040