Lydia Lunch Quotes
Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.
Quotes to Explore
-
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
-
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
-
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
-
An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
-
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
-
When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
-
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
-
I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
-
A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
-
I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
-
The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
-
For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
-
I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
-
Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
-
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
-
I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
-
I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.
-
I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?
-
The shivering birds beneath the eavesHave sheltered for the night.
-
With a movie, the die is cast. It is what it is. With TV, it's a living organism in a way. Fans can have input, with the whole social media thing, and they can track what fans are liking and not liking.
-
If you have some other profession that allows you your evenings or weekends, terrific, stick with that. Having a profession other than writing also has the potential side benefit of providing you with material, something to write about.
-
Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
-
Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.
