Suzanne Vega Quotes

I don't want to get punched all my life.

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.

I was physically abused and I retaliated.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.

I've never been in a street fight.

My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up.

Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.

You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

I've had just about everything punched. I've had things grabbed that just shouldn't be grapped.

Fights in real life between real people only last so long before someone gets seriously hurt.

I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect to find violence.

For a man to strike any women is most brutal, and I, as well as everyone else, think this far worse than any attempt to shoot, which, wicked as it is, is at least more comprehensible and more courageous.

Fighting is not a man's thing, it is a human thing.

Why should I let them beat up on me? Let them argue with each other.

Have I ever abused a woman? Never.

Female violence is a specific brand of ferocity. It's invasive. A girlfight is all teeth and hair, spit and nails - a much more fearsome thing to watch than two dudes clobbering each other.

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That's the three ways to beat a man.

Professional fights between men and women send the message that violence between men and women is appropriate. In most homes, that's not a fair fight, which is why I'm against intergender boxing.