Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it. Kathleen Hanna catcousindog share on social
I can't constantly be trying to write the unwritten song, the song that the 15-year-old girl needs. I need to write the song that I need. Kathleen Hanna constantlygirlsong Change image and share on social
I go to lectures and girls are finding out about Bikini Kill or Le Tigre for the first time and are like,' This is my jam!' It still feels fresh to them. Kathleen Hanna bikinifeltfind Change image and share on social
You feel like people are looking at you like, 'I wanted the old Kathleen. Where's the old Kathleen?' I felt that way in the beginning of Le Tigre. I felt people were like, 'You're not angry enough anymore.' People still ask me that. 'Are you still angry?' I'm like, 'About what? About that question? Yes.' Kathleen Hanna angryanymorebegin share on social
If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind of more thrilling than doing it yourself. Kathleen Hanna kindpeopleperform Change image and share on social
I really like to talk about my work in a way that is complicated. Kathleen Hanna complicatetalkwork Change image and share on social
I'm really annoyed by the wave of country music that's just a list of stuff. It almost sounds like L.A. people writing country music, because it's just a list of stuff: 'My pickup truck and my cowboy boots and my Levi's jeans and my girlfriend with the short shorts.' It's so boring! Kathleen Hanna annoybootbore share on social
Singing is my life, and I have to do it, or I'm going to go totally bananas. Kathleen Hanna bananalifesing Change image and share on social
You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything: You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it. Kathleen Hanna dayeventuallygood Change image and share on social
I was in a band in the '90s called Bikini Kill, and we were so freaked out about documentation then, and there was the whole thing, not just about the male gaze, but that people were going to misrepresent you... a kind fear of the mainstream that a lot of us had. Kathleen Hanna 90sbandbikini share on social