Battle Quote by Marissa Nadler

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

— Ani DiFranco

Female artistes have to put themselves out there and take as much control of their own music as they can.

— Jonita Gandhi

I feel like if a girl writes a song about heartbreak, very often people start criticizing her for feeling those emotions, and only writing…

— Olivia Rodrigo

I always think it's a little bit of a challenge when people sort of associate female artists as their own genre.

— Grace Potter

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

Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot…

— Missy Elliot

I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important for you…

— Nikka Costa

I'm worried about being pigeonholed as an artist, especially a female one, but I think, essentially, it's the music which people judge you by.

— Kate Nash

Women's music is underrepresented.

— Beth Anderson

If critics were harder on the musicians that they love, there would be better songs. But as they grow older and they lose their…

— David Berman

I think women gravitate toward me because I am a woman producing and songwriting, and there's none out there. There really isn't.

— Linda Perry

We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're letting the…

— Eleanor Catton