Moses Sumney
“Solange is very, very chill. She’s just so real, so human. Karen O, who I toured with last...
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Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead)
“We bring all of our gear—we don’t rent anything on tour. No matter where it is, we have...
Stevie Wonder
“Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our...
Talib Kweli
“What’s more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and...
Prince
“Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just...
Joni Mitchell
“You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not...
Taylor Rice(Local Natives)
“For me, if the process of creating music is honest, I feel like I don’t have complete control...
Ed Droste
“One of the great things about the Internet is that people are excited about music and wanna hear...
Tunde Abedimpe
“Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they...
James Murphy
“I’d start to see bands prioritize things wrong in my mind, they weren’t prioritizing the momentness of a...
Erykah Badu
“The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.”–Erykah Badu...
Oshun
“Osun is a Yoruba river deity. She is basically the goddess of love and female energy, female sensuality....
Sarah Lipstate
“From the beginning, I didn’t want to take lessons or anything. I was interested in alternate tunings. I...
Bell Hooks
“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet...
Shirley Chisholm
“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.””–Shirley Chisholm...
Verna Small
“The attitude of the Village was ‘We’ve got to catch up with Brooklyn Heights!’” — Verna Small...
Elaine de Kooning
“Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without...
Eileen Chang
“Ailing there are so numerous novels, but I think no rhetoric, no deliberate modification, there is no graph...
Jhumpa Lahiri
“In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But...
Courtney Barnett
“What’s funny about the slacker thing, people project an image of what they think a musician is: young,...
Janis Joplin
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with...
Ani DiFranco
“A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don’t want to call themselves feminists. You...
Mahatma Gandhi
“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman. If by strength...