At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it.

No one talks about woman power. The Spice Girls - they're masquerading as little girls. It's repulsive.

I was talking to somebody about the L.A. hardcore scene, and they were saying that it was hard for them to picture punk rock at the beach. Like, the aesthetic didn't mix or something - black forms in the sand.

Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.

I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.

Culturally we don't allow women to be as free as they would like, because that is frightening. We either shun those women or deem them crazy… But being that woman who pushes the boundaries means you also bring in less desirable aspects of yourself. At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it.

Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live.