Difficult Quote by Malala Yousafzai

I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty. You don't really hear…

— Shirley Manson

Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.

— Ann Powers

Women need a lot of understanding, and they need songs to help them express themselves.

— Lorrie Morgan

Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for…

— Leonard Cohen

Even that word depends on what you mean by pop. I mean, pop music has currency. It could just be about that girl who's…

— Matt Tong

Me as an artist, I'm more notorious for writing songs that celebrate women, songs that are all about the positive element of the immensely…

— Ne-Yo

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

We treat the lyrics like the woman any man wants to impress the most. We give the lyrics all the attention we can. I'm…

— Garth Brooks

Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative…

— Shirley Manson

I guess everyone has their own definition of what folk is or pop or whatever. I find it incredibly hard to describe music these…

— Ed Droste

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible…

— Siobhan Fahey

I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music.

— Ezra Furman