Song Quotes by Kathleen Hanna

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

— Kathleen Hanna

Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.

— Kathleen Hanna

I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the…

— Kathleen Hanna

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the…

— Kathleen Hanna

I know I love sexy surf guitars, I know I love loud snare. I love really simple repeating bass lines, and I…

— Kathleen Hanna

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

— Kathleen Hanna

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

— Kathleen Hanna

It feels amazing and beautiful that music can have such an importance on the way that people form social groups. Music can…

— Kathleen Hanna

I kind of decided that doing music is enough because I'm already running a couple small businesses. I'm a part of Bikini…

— Kathleen Hanna

There's comedians who I consider extremely punk rock who I've seen do very political stand up in places where nobody wants to…

— Kathleen Hanna

I really love that I'm giving myself the opportunity finally to not have the pressure of every single song you do having…

— Kathleen Hanna

I was never trying to be the voice for anybody else. I was just trying to sing about what I was going…

— Kathleen Hanna

I watch videos on YouTube of bands that I've heard of that I want to check out. And sometimes I don't even…

— Kathleen Hanna

It's not like somewhere along the way I decided to be a total formalist in terms of music and to not care…

— Kathleen Hanna

Johnny Rotten isn't punk. Maybe that's punk to somebody, but these people are participating and challenging the corporations that are telling us…

— Kathleen Hanna

I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that…

— Kathleen Hanna

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put…

— Kathleen Hanna

So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you…

— Kathleen Hanna

Every day it gets worse and worse and worse. We just want to get everyone to vote and be a part of…

— Kathleen Hanna

Everybody wasn't always wasted. Why is punk rock about getting wasted? Isn't it punk rock to be sober and change the world?…

— Kathleen Hanna

Music is an extremely powerful art medium that can really affect people's emotions. It is amazing to realize how much communities can…

— Kathleen Hanna

Most of my records are never going to be commercial successes, and I don't expect that. It's just all a learning process…

— Kathleen Hanna

So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you…

— Kathleen Hanna

I think that it's so powerful for me to go see someone like Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub and watch her weave…

— Kathleen Hanna

If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind…

— Kathleen Hanna