Suzanne Vega Quotes & Sayings

“I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.”

“You have to defend your honor. And your family.”

“Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life.”

“My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself.”

“To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.”

“How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.”

“Some girls are taught to be sexy.”

“Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that.”

“In the end, my pursuit of the elusive New York State driver's license became about much more than a divorced woman's learning to drive for the first time.”

“I don't think gender is aesthetically defining for me.”