Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.

[Amy Ray and I] both have this part of our brain that makes us think that everybody should and will be nice and friendly and forthcoming. And then we're completely disillusioned. We have all these grand plans. One of them is the Rolling Thunder Pussy Revue. There's all these women's festivals going on this summer, and we don't think they're as adventurous as they could be. Lilith Fair-right away, by the name, you know they aren't pushing the envelope hard enough.

There are so many things that we have to be very concerned about. But I always come back to feminism.

Let's grow old and die together. Let's do it now.

Let's show them all how it's done, let's do it all imperfectly.

You've already put more than enough energy into worry. That's all women have been allowed to do, historically.

You've got your whole life to do something, And that's not very long. So why don't you give me a call When you're willing to fight For what you think is real, For what you think is right.