68 Quotes by Lydia Lunch

Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.

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.

The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.

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.

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.

I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.