Female Expression Quotes

I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

Rock and roll by its nature is sexual. So girls playing rock and roll is saying to the world, "We own our sexuality." I think that pop music is sort of about "you can do what you want to me" kind of energy, while rock and roll is "I'm going to do what I want to you" kind of energy.

It's extremely important for women to be writing their own stories and giving them to people to really be emotionally impacted by

When I like an artist, especially a female artist, I really try to support.

I really want women to appreciate their power. It was obvious to me that lots of people are comfortable with power, and they see what it can do, but women's expression of it was never as comprehensive as it could be. It seemed like an amazing gift that Oxygen could give.

I read interviews saying women can bring a femininity to a song, a delicacy, but some women make really aggressive music.

I believe there are talented female rappers out there that aren't one-dimensional. It's OK to be one-dimensional, by the way.

Something that I love about drag is that it's a celebration of feminity.

I'm a big advocate for young girls dressing their age.

A woman who writes feels too much.

Directing is not about gender. Directing is individual to the actual individual. From woman to woman, directing is completely different. It's about giving more than half the population a chance to express themselves, you know what I mean? It doesn't always mean it's going to be more sensitive.

Women's glances express what they dare not speak.

French cinema allows women to look... a certain way and be talented at the same time.

So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

I think women dress for other women to let them know what their deal is. Because if women were only dressing for men, there would be nothing but Victoria's Secret. There would be no Dior.

What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

Girls think they’re only allowed to wear dresses on formal occasions, but I like a woman who says, you know, I’m going over to see a boy who is having a nervous breakdown, a boy whose connection to the sense of sight itself is tenuous, and gosh dang it, I am going to wear a dress for him.

I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.

I want to hear an alternative viewpoint, and I don't want girls to be defanged and declawed and pretty and mute.

I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.

Redefine what it means to be sexy and what it means to be a woman. Showing my skin is not what makes me sexy. I like skirts and dresses just like everyone else, but I had a message I needed to put out there. It was up to me to show people and young girls there was another way.

It is the lesbian in us who is creative, for the dutiful daughter of the fathers in us is only a hack.

I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.