Band Quote by Emily Robison

TLC always looked up to male bands. We saw guy groups could just go out and get the fans screaming by just standing there…

— Tionne Watkins

I'm sure that a lot of women and men feel differently about it, but for me this isn't about being the girl in the…

— Lauren Mayberry

For us, gender didn't come up. We were friends who happened to play together. We never said, 'Gee, we're an all-girl band!'

— Gina Schock

I'm not going to say I'll never rock with a band, because I'm too much of a fan of the aesthetic of a great…

— Dawn Angelique

You maybe don't see as many female-fronted bands on the indie circuit. Especially when you look at festival lineups. They are definitely not gender-balanced.

— Ellie Rowsell

We never thought of ourselves as a girl band. We dressed like blokes.

— Keren Woodward

I understand why some women/girls/ladies don't want to be women-identified 'cuz it totally complicates your band identity and no one seems to pay much…

— Tobi Vail

There's a very collaborative, collective attitude. That's a very female principle. We try to nurture that aspect of the band.

— Kate Pierson

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

— Kim Shattuck

I know, being a band that's mostly gay and has women in it, I just think that there are the male icon bands: they…

— Kate Pierson

My whole life had been bands that were men-centric - and that's a great thing, I know a lot about how to handle myself…

— Amanda Shires

As a female band, we don't come from trying to be appealing or "sexy." There are a lot of bands - and I'm not…

— Emily Kokal