I always wanted to rebel.

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 to do.

Women make natural anarchists and revolutionaries, because they've always been second-class citizens, kinda having had to claw their way up.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

If you don't fit into a certain type, there's a lot of strength in just being who you are.

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.

People pay to see others believe in themselves.

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.

Women are natural anarchists...

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?

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

I know he’s a realist, he’s okay with being alone, and he helps people when he thinks no one is watching.

Love is the poetry of our feelings. But there are some horrible poems.

I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.

Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody.

I'm not putting them on,” said old Archie in indignation. “I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks.

How to defend yourself against a banana

Humor and knowledge are the two great hopes of our culture.

I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.

We should never forget that after every night, there is a dawn. We should never lose our optimistic faith.

As far as Im concerned, I didnt dream - ever.