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Kathleen Hanna quotes: Popularity is totally overrated.

Popularity is totally overrated.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I am such a bossy producer and such a control freak that there's a part of me that really longs to be bossed around.

I am such a bossy producer and such a control freak that there's a part of me that really longs to be bossed around.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: While sexism hurts women most intimately, it also damages men severely.

While sexism hurts women most intimately, it also damages men severely.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.

My mom and I had secret from my dad that we didn't think we were stupid, that we didn't think we needed feminism to be explained to us.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.

People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: If I had to choose between the band or the friendships, I'd choose the friendships at this point.

If I had to choose between the band or the friendships, I'd choose the friendships at this point.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the song that I need.

I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the song that I need.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change.

I like loud snare, and I like really treble-y guitars, and that's just never going to change.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Just because you're wearing a goofy hat doesn't make it performance art.

Just because you're wearing a goofy hat doesn't make it performance art.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: People are actually having conversations about "Is this sexist?"

People are actually having conversations about "Is this sexist?"

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I don't consider myself a divining rod whom God is speaking through or any kind of crap like that.

I don't consider myself a divining rod whom God is speaking through or any kind of crap like that.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.

I'm not going to sit around and be peace and love with somebody's boot on my neck.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: What usually happens with me [is that] I start with one idea in mind and then something else happens.

What usually happens with me [is that] I start with one idea in mind and then something else happens.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.

That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm the same as every other female singer.

Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm the same as every other female singer.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Teachers are performers, just like I am.

Teachers are performers, just like I am.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I'm living in a world where there are LGBTQ straight alliances at high schools. I feel pretty psyched on that.

I'm living in a world where there are LGBTQ straight alliances at high schools. I feel pretty psyched on that.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.

I realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Gay marriage! That's a huge change and a huge win-win for feminism.

Gay marriage! That's a huge change and a huge win-win for feminism.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I really like to talk about my work in a way that is complicated.

I really like to talk about my work in a way that is complicated.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I'm not that interested in female superheroes.

I'm not that interested in female superheroes.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I wanted to say to myself as much as anyone else that we made art.

I wanted to say to myself as much as anyone else that we made art.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

Jason Mraz, and the new James Blunt song is the worst thing that has ever been created on the face of the earth.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.

I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I won't stop talking. I am a girl you have no control over. There is not a gag big enough to handle this mouth.

I won't stop talking. I am a girl you have no control over. There is not a gag big enough to handle this mouth.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: It takes your mind off things when there's a cat in your lip and he's purring while you're petting him.

It takes your mind off things when there's a cat in your lip and he's purring while you're petting him.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I feel like there's this weird thing that as a feminist band you get put in this role as ambassadors.

I feel like there's this weird thing that as a feminist band you get put in this role as ambassadors.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.

Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.

Since I loved underground music, I tried to carve a space for feminism within it. Those were my hopes.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: It's unexpected for women's issues to be brought up in places other than women's centers on college campuses or crisis places.

It's unexpected for women's issues to be brought up in places other than women's centers on college campuses or crisis places.

I wouldn't want to play Miss Hannigan. I'm not a villain. She's mean to little children! I can't do that. That would disrupt my brand.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Don't get down on yourself that you can't run a 4K or dance all night long at a fun club. Give yourself a break.

Don't get down on yourself that you can't run a 4K or dance all night long at a fun club. Give yourself a break.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I think that the Internet is really cool because a lot of young feminists don't feel like they have to reinvent the wheel.

I think that the Internet is really cool because a lot of young feminists don't feel like they have to reinvent the wheel.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I think that feminism is in cycle. Feminism rotates between backlash and interest.

I think that feminism is in cycle. Feminism rotates between backlash and interest.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I know I love sexy surf guitars, I know I love loud snare. I love really simple repeating bass lines, and I love weird mad scientist keyboard sounds.

I know I love sexy surf guitars, I know I love loud snare. I love really simple repeating bass lines, and I love weird mad scientist keyboard sounds.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: There are so many great artists that are doing interesting things, that I don't want to focus on boring people.

There are so many great artists that are doing interesting things, that I don't want to focus on boring people.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I wanna be a legend; I wanna be a cult hero. I do!

I wanna be a legend; I wanna be a cult hero. I do!

Kathleen Hanna quotes: There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things like I was supposed to.

There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things like I was supposed to.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I didn't even know what the word lesbian meant until I was called one ... and then I had to look it up in the dictionary.

I didn't even know what the word lesbian meant until I was called one ... and then I had to look it up in the dictionary.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: The cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history.

The cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would be able to come to.

I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would be able to come to.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.

I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I realized that I really enjoy writing comedy, and how important comedy is when you feel like total crap.

I realized that I really enjoy writing comedy, and how important comedy is when you feel like total crap.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: There's just as many different kinds of feminism as there are women in the world.

There's just as many different kinds of feminism as there are women in the world.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: You guys are seriously missing out unless you all start listening to girls.

You guys are seriously missing out unless you all start listening to girls.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I just write what I want to write.

I just write what I want to write.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: What happens tomorrow is going to happen tomorrow.

What happens tomorrow is going to happen tomorrow.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.

When you're a musician and you go out onstage, and you're someone who loves attention, you are going to become a role model to some extent.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I'm a very binary person in a bad way where it's like everything is either totally great or totally awful.

I'm a very binary person in a bad way where it's like everything is either totally great or totally awful.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I've always been like, "Look, you're going to die and it's not going to matter after you die that you got out onstage and bombed."

I've always been like, "Look, you're going to die and it's not going to matter after you die that you got out onstage and bombed."

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art.

I think music can definitely be art; I also think music can be crap and not be art.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.

I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I think my biggest fear is dying. Although sometimes my biggest fear is not dying. But yeah, I think health stuff for me is more what I'm afraid of.

I think my biggest fear is dying. Although sometimes my biggest fear is not dying. But yeah, I think health stuff for me is more what I'm afraid of.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I need to see my friends or I'm gonna go crazy. I'm not gonna stay home and work.

I need to see my friends or I'm gonna go crazy. I'm not gonna stay home and work.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.

Think of something that you can do as opposed to all the things you can't do - and do that.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: There are more people who are not straight, white males going to shows.

There are more people who are not straight, white males going to shows.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.

Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I don't think I've ever had a woman yell that at me, but women have yelled mean things at me as well.

I don't think I've ever had a woman yell that at me, but women have yelled mean things at me as well.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: Internalized sexism that makes us feel like we can't show ourselves not being perfect.

Internalized sexism that makes us feel like we can't show ourselves not being perfect.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

It takes falling down a bunch of times before you start running.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.

As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

Kathleen Hanna quotes: I never thought that someone would be teaching one of my fanzines. I never thought I'd be off to lecture at a college. It's still shocking to me.

I never thought that someone would be teaching one of my fanzines. I never thought I'd be off to lecture at a college. It's still shocking to me.