Competition Quote by Tionne Watkins

People put stock in someone being in a 'girl group,' but we don't say that a band is a 'man group.'

— Emily Robison

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

From day one, we always admired male R&B groups. They would go onstage with no shirt on and baggy jeans, and girls would scream.

— Rozonda Thomas

We were the band guys who liked All Time Low and they had lots of girl fans and now we are seeing those band…

— Luke Hemmings

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

— Keren Woodward

I know, being a band that's mostly gay and has women in it, I just think that there are the male icon bands: they…

— Kate Pierson

You maybe don't see as many female-fronted bands on the indie circuit. Especially when you look at festival lineups. They are definitely not gender-balanced.

— Ellie Rowsell

I went to a boys' school, and I didn't realize that most guys join bands because they wanted to get girls. I was not…

— Thom Yorke

Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart…

— Lesley Gore

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

— Kate Pierson

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

We never had a girl in the band. Why? Certainly there's some rippin' female players in our kind of music. We have no objection…

— Ketch Secor