Band Quote by 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 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

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

I was raised in a musical family - 5 girls and 1 boy - so all of us girls don't do gender. We were…

— Suzi Quatro

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

— 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

When people say stuff to us casually in reviews, if they write about it in a condescending way with really gendered language, that's not…

— Lauren Mayberry

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

— Keren Woodward

I've never really found it that important to focus too much on the fact that I'm a female. I feel like if you make…

— Maya Jane Coles

I think it really comes down to, it doesn't matter if it's a girl or man, it's about if you have something to say,…

— Maria Brink

It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'

— Paloma Faith

Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie