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> [The 1980s were such a shock for me. I was really young, obviously, and The Slits were just mutilated. We were totally sabotaged to such a point that we were put out in exile. So that was the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/the-1980s-were-such-a-shock-for-me-i-was-really-young-obviously-and/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

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## More by Ari Up

> [Music didn't really hit me again until the '90s, when the dancehall scene got going. The '90s were perfect for me. I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/music-didn-t-really-hit-me-again-until-the-90s-when-the-dancehall/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [We were born ahead of our time. Don't forget that the riot-grrl scene had a lot to do with making The Slits a legend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/we-were-born-ahead-of-our-time-don-t-forget-that-the-riot-grrl-scene/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [I don't think we're totally responsible. But you know, all the bands said it, that we did. Even Courtney Love said that. Anyway, Courtney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/i-don-t-think-we-re-totally-responsible-but-you-know-all-the-bands/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [Find out who you really are, then accept who you are. Fight for your life every day to be who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/find-out-who-you-really-are-then-accept-who-you-are-fight-for-your/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/no-one-ever-sounded-like-the-slits-or-looked-like-them-no-matter-how/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [The 1980s were such a shock for me. I was really young, obviously, and The Slits were just mutilated. We were totally sabotaged to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/the-1980s-were-such-a-shock-for-me-i-was-really-young-obviously-and/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

> [I'm a rock 'n' roll baby. I was one of the last actually born into rock, in the middle of it. My mother was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/i-m-a-rock-n-roll-baby-i-was-one-of-the-last-actually-born-into-rock/)

[Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/)

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