Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could be a….

I see it as more of a teenage activity than, you know, she's only 11, but you know, I think it's great that she knows so many girls who want to play ….

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….

Fashion, at modern time, was actually a way for women to go out in the world. There was one painting of a woman sitting at a café, drinking a beer by….

People pay to see others believe in themselves..

I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do..

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 bei….

I mean, who made up all the rules in the culture? Men-white male corporate society. So why wouldnt a woman want to rebel against that?.

I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't..

Many designers are gay men making clothes for women. Sometimes I think fashion is more of a conversation between men than it is for women..

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized..

And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it ….

There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for Sonic Youth ….

It's really hard for me to sing and play bass..

The clothes in themselves are empty. But what they throw off and what clothes mean as signifiers is incredibly interesting - to see what people do wi….

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

You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of needing to pleas….

Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think.

Clothes are signifiers and symbols of how people communicate with each other..

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..

I always wanted to rebel..