Kathleen Hanna Quotes
- All Quotes
-
It was one of the first things I did on my own; I worked at McDonald's, raised the money and did it. I'm really, really passionate about pro-choice, because I wouldn't be here talking to you right now if I'd had a kid at 15.
-
I am not Lyme disease, that's not who I am, I'm still a feminist artist, but this is a part of my story too, and I'm not going to keep it out to look cooler.
-
No one's female and male, we all have so many different traits. It's just a lie that these certain traits are male and these certain traits are female.
-
It takes your mind off things when there's a cat in your lip and he's purring while you're petting him.
-
The more people, as you know, are able to be on whatever spectrum of femininity and masculinity they are on at that moment, that opens the door for women to not have to be the opposite of what the supposed traditional male is.
-
I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.
-
We support Hillary [Clinton]. We're saying that strongly. "I'm with her," I don't think that we can be any less strident. She's the best person for the job.
-
When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.
-
Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.
-
I almost wish we would've filmed a whole fake tampon commercial around "I'm With Her".
-
Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.
-
I wanna be a legend; I wanna be a cult hero. I do!
-
See who else is interested and join other people's projects that have already started that you like. You don't always have to reinvent the wheel and start your own thing.
-
I know that's really horrible, but that's how I do it in my head. I'm going to die. It doesn't matter. I don't matter. I'm a grain of sand. As a grain of sand, I may as well go out and relate to people and enjoy my short time on this planet that I have. Who knows what's coming next?
-
I'm not that interested in female superheroes.
-
If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete; I would end world hunger.
-
The exciting thing about getting a label together and doing press for it is that hopefully some 15-year-old girl who is the only feminist in her junior-high class will hear about it and be like, "Oh, cool, I hadn't heard of that, I'm going to check it out."
-
In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.
-
Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I'm in a position where I just want to feel like I'm saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people's projects. But I don't do that anymore. I just want to be off the cuff and honest.
-
I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.
-
I am possibly thinking about doing an Internet show in the future that will highlight political organizations that I seek out to let people know about them, volunteer opportunities, and donation opportunities.
-
I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.
-
I was like, "Oh my god, I hope you're secretly grossed out about everything that [Donald] Trump has been doing." But why is it such a shock to anybody? He's said so many things that show who he is and how ignorant he is from the beginning.
-
I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would be able to come to.