Words matter. These are the best Lydia Lunch Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Two of my favourite books are Henry Miller’s ‘Tropic of Cancer’ and ‘Tropic of Capricorn.’
I used to think feminism was a liberating force – now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.
Aggressive female icons have been chronically demeaned… It’s fine for male artists to be angry – they’re encouraged to outwardly express their aggression – but women? I’ve been painted as an aggressive Feminazi because I’m blunt, stubborn, independent, forthright.
People have always asked me, ‘Haven’t you wanted to sell out?’, and it’s like, who am I going to sell to?
I’ve always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you’ve got to tell a bigger truth in whatever you’re doing, but the truth is not popular.
I’m separated by other performers with whom I might be lumped, since what I say is so intensely personal. I’m anti-art and anti-poetry. As much as possible, I want to inflict my personal pain on the rest of society.
I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I’m a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.
I am a humanist not a feminist. There’s a big difference.
Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that it’s completely unrelated to everything that came before.
The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it’s whatever suits me at the moment.
Because we have so much eye candy and mind candy, spending so much time trying to pay the rent, all of this conspires to keep us from thinking too hard or taking action from that. Our time is stolen. So much of our daily life is stolen.
If someone says ‘grunge’ or ‘punk,’ you know what the sound is, but if you say ‘No Wave,’ it’s kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it… here’s this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike.
I think it’s important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.
I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.
I’m a very sympathetic person, but that doesn’t always come across in my work because I’m too busy being mad at everything.
The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless.
The imperial, genocidal war machine never rests, so I don’t either.
I’m a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction.
I’m nihilistic, antagonistic, violent, horrible – but not obliterated, yet. I just refuse to be beaten down. I think it’s stubborness that keeps me going.
To be in a band, at least according to the rules of rock in the 1970s, one must know how to play an instrument. But rather than waste time solving that problem, No Wavers ignored it. The point was simply to make music, not to learn how first.
Politics are always involved, even in my love songs.
Just because my bank account hasn’t swelled astronomically I don’t consider myself any less of a success.
Think your own thoughts.
‘Musician’ is not a very respected title. I’m not a musician.
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
