There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other 'riot grrrl' bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

I've got a knife and I want to talk to you I've got a prayer and I want to carve it to you I've got no chance, that's why I'm looking to you O Lord, ride with me

Americans are poorly served by their media, you know, for the war machine and propaganda machine and the global empire and they're poorly served by what they are being told is representative government.

This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.

Life forgets me but will not let me forget Holds me down and tells me that I'm free.

As a young person, I was on the road playing music, so I was getting new environments shoved in my face whether I wanted them or not.