History Quote by Patti Smith

There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the…

— Amanda Palmer

I just think that the question of women in rock or women playing guitar, I just think it's such a non-issue, and I think…

— Annie E. Clark

Yeah, of course, there's always gonna be people with their own opinions about a female in rock music and men in rock music, but…

— Nita Strauss

I heard guys say they got into rock and roll to pick up women. I didn't get into rock to pick up women, but…

— Ted Nugent

“While an increasing number of male academic, political, and cultural figures have felt comfortable enough in recent years to proclaim themselves feminists, absorbing aspects…

— Maurice Berger

If you're a woman musician, that is your qualifier. I've had people come up to me and say, "You're good for a girl." My…

— Thao Nguyen

Personally, I've realized that the tradition I thought of as too safe, too pretty, and too conventional is the space where women have been…

— Ann Powers

“We discussed ourselves a lot. But although we were women…we struggled to understand what a woman was. Our every move or thought or conversation…

— Elena Ferrante

“Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to…

— Vera Farmiga

I aspire to be like a female Rock. I really do. I think I have the look, I think I have the aura.

— Jade Cargill

“Women's liberation is one thing, but the permeation of anti-male sentiment in post-modern popular culture - from our mocking sitcom plots to degrading commercial…

— Tiffany Madison