Alive Quote by Alberta Hunter

“hearing women singing about themselves - rather than men singing about women - makes everything seem wonderfully clear, and possible”

— Caitlin Moran

May my heart always be open to little birds, who are the secrets of living. Whatever they sing is better than to know. And…

— e. e. cummings

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.

— Sinead O'Connor

Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm the same as every other female singer.

— Kathleen Hanna

“Silence is the worst. Whenever a thick cloud of silence descends, the yapping voices inside me become all the more audible, rising to the…

— Elif Shafak

I respect women, and I have not and will never sing anything that will upset my fans.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

It is kind of easy for me to speak out. Just because I am very vocal in my music about a lot of different…

— Rico Nasty

If family and society tell you its unfeminine, not really womanly, to be aggressive, to speak up, to have strong opinions, to take up…

— Elizabeth Lesser

I'm more conscious about who I let into my heart, and I'm singing about it.

— Justine Skye

“I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.”

— Margarita Engle

A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense…

— Laura Benanti

“You will be the happiest of women. And we will sing, all by ourselves, till we swoon away with delight. You are crying! You…

— Gaston Leroux