Lydia Lunch Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self.”

“I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I am a humanist not a feminist. There's a big difference.”

“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.”