Always Quote by Lorde

You know I really don't like to think about the fact that I'm a girl in relation to the music industry. I was just…

— Lacey Mosley

I had somebody say to me once, 'You can't make the kind of music you're making and call yourself a feminist.' The door was…

— Lauren Mayberry

I'm not feminist, by the way. I am just an artist.

— Marina Abramovic

I feel like as a teenager making music, I had a lot of internalised misogyny, a need to be one of the boys, and…

— Ashnikko

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat…

— Bonnie Raitt

People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because we signed…

— Lauren Mayberry

There are some really amazing artists and people behind the scenes who are really effective in championing feminism in the music industry, and I…

— Charli XCX

I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at…

— Meghan Trainor

When I first started out I actually was trying to use music to promote feminist ideas and at certain points, anti-violence against women and…

— Kathleen Hanna

I've become this voice for a millennial generation of feminism, which is awesome, but at the same time it's complicated. We all know I'm…

— Bethany Cosentino

I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right to self-determination,…

— Ani DiFranco

There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it…

— Yanni