KT Tunstall Quotes

There are so many times that, as a woman in the music industry, you're asked questions no male musician would ever be asked.

Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.

One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

I believe that sexism in tech is a real problem.

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in being overlooked for certain opportunities.

If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine.

We have so many male superstars, but there are just a few female actors who have attained that status. It is not only because of the industry; it's in the society.

People at the record labels were like, 'We don't want to sign you, you're girls' - sexist, ridiculous nonsense.

I feel like in our society there is definitely still a lot of underlying sexism. It's funny how many guys are surprised when you pick up an instrument in the studio, or write your own songs.

Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times better than a man had to be.

I've always had really wonderful people around me. But early on, I remember I would walk into a session or go do something with some musicians, and they viewed me, basically, as their chick singer.

Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers and bass players thought it was cool, but male guitar players said, 'It's a guy's thing. You should be doing something else, like playing the harp.'

Everywhere I went, people would tell me that trap and reggaeton was for men, not women. I wasn't being taken seriously, and I was often being told to do something else.

Women should not fall back on 'sexism' unless they really feel that it's happening.

Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.

Being beautiful is not so fun when you're in a business with all men.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.

The Screen Actors Guild numbers are frightening: Something like 90 percent of the roles are for men, 5 percent are for livestock and 5 percent are for women.

When I started out, there were three things that made film people look at me with condescension, I was young, I was black, and I was female. I have won a certain respect, but I think the film community still sees directing as a male job.

We often hear of a male director directing a great indie and immediately being offered the next huge comic book movie. Rarely, if ever, does this happen to a woman.