I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties

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I considered myself one of the foremost authorities about Holly Knight's music but I was pleasantly surprised by all of the new information I learned about her personal life as well as the little details that inspired many of her most iconic songs. It was truly a fun read which is why I was able to finish the book in a couple of days. I was so sad when I finished it which is always a good sign of a great book. Holly Harris worked with (and slept with) some of the biggest stars and made it to the top on her own terms at a time when women were not invited to the boys club party that was the music industry. Holly Knight already signed copies of this title on a live-stream event, but you can watch a recording of the event to see them sign copies, tell stories and answer fan questions. Watch Video

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Find sources: "Holly Knight"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( May 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Defiant, purposeful, and ultimately triumphant, her work with Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, and Heart, among others, also helped pave the way for the next generation of defining female musical masters including Amy Winehouse, Adele, and Lady Gaga. It was the music and words she wrote. But it was also the visual representations on MTV that helped define Holly’s work for the masses. She was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013, standing side by side with the likes of Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Foreigner. The one thing I'll disagree with her about is in regard to her solo CD. I was astounded to read how much she hated it, how much she couldn't see herself as a lead singer and how she wishes she could buy up every copy and destroy them. I loved the album. It was a gem of a find in my trip to Canada. "Baby Me," "Howling at the Moon," even "Sexy Boy" were fantastic pop songs. And I, for one, am glad she didn't give "Heart Don't Fail Me Now" to Darryl Hall.

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So I thought I would give it a shot," she said. "And as it turns out, it came very naturally to me, like it was oozing out of every pore.” Writing songs for Turner “always came from a place of strength and being fierce and just true to oneself." Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown Asked by an interviewer once why so many of her songs are about fighting or going into battle, Holly, realizing he was right, reflected: “…my songs were more about fighting for something, rather than with someone.”

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Holly Knight’s self titled project is one of my all-time favorite albums so I was looking forward to hearing a bit about it. I was surprised to read that: “If I could find every copy and burn it to the ground I would”. Wow! This memoir from one of the top songwriters of the 1980s details Holly Knight’s early life in New York, her connection with Blondie producer Mike Chapman, her brief membership in the group Spider, where she wrote “Better Be Good To Me,” and her reputation as a hitmaker. There are fond remembrances of her collaboration with Mike Chapman, meetings with Heart, Jon Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Steve Tyler of Aerosmith, and Paul Young, but she waxes the fondest of Kathy Valentine, Go-Gos bassist, and Tina Turner, who covered “Better Be Good To Me” and “The Best”—Bonnie Tyler sung it before her. The process of songwriting and the reactions to the finalized versions of the songs are of interest here.What strikes me is the humble tone and apparent joy as she rises to the ranks of ace songwriter. Despite the 1980s being seen as a decade of decadence, Holly Knight keeps the reader focused not only on her songwriting collaborations and meetings with artists, but her own life beyond that. The book does not have a braggadocio tone of someone who relished the decadence of the 1980s, neither is it negative.