Sleater Quotes & Sayings

All through June the writing course had stretched before me like a bright, safe bridge over the dull gulf of summer. Now I saw it totter and dissolve, and a body in a white blouse and green skirt plummet into the gap. — Sylvia Plath

We were never trying to deny our femaleness. Instead, we wanted to expand the notion of what it means to be female. The notion of "female" should be so sprawling and complex that it becomes divorced from gender itself. We were considered a female band before we became merely a band; I was a female guitarist and Janet was a female drummer for years before we were simply considered a guitarist and a drummer. I think Sleater-Kinney wanted the privilege of starting from neutral ground, not from a perceived deficit or a linguistic limitation. Anything that isn't traditional for women apparently requires that we remind people what an anomaly it is, even when it becomes less and less of an anomaly. — Carrie Brownstein

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other. — Nguyen Cao Ky

I think the B-52's were a huge influence on Sleater-Kinney. The way that there'd be a really interesting guitar line that'd be really melodic and kind of simplistic, I really related to that. The sense of melody is really intense and fun. It's not just traditional song structures, but it's very melodic and draws you in, in kind of an immediate way. — Corin Tucker

Sleater-Kinney becomes bigger than the three of us. It pulls us along, in a way. — Janet Weiss

We were what seemed important then, not some label. — Nancy Garden

I liken Sleater-Kinney to a freight train. It felt like this incredible, forward-moving, powerful energy. — Janet Weiss

Relax, Amy, I'm not gay. I just like Sleater-Kinney. It's possible to like them and be heterosexual. It's not like I invited you to go see Tegan and Sara. — Emily Gould

Life is not about surviving the storms, but learning to dance in the rain, Susan. — Annie Nicholas

After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise. — Carrie Brownstein

To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass. — Amiri Baraka

I loooved Sleater-Kinney like a crazy person. — Fred Armisen

This band has a weight to it. Our songs feel important to play ... That was missing in my life without Sleater-Kinney. — Janet Weiss

We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. — Cassandra Clare

Fit to govern? No, not fit to live. — William Shakespeare

The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God's redemptive plan, not only for us, but for the world in which we live. God may be preparing a great awakening for the world, if God can find enough people to cooperate in this mysterious plan. — Thomas Keating

Part of this whole Sleater-Kinney 2.0 is breaking the rules. We wanted to tell our story ... we feel like we need to stand up for ourselves. — Corin Tucker

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive. — Carrie Brownstein

Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s. — Slim Moon

I think the actors in 'Greystoke' were amazing. They had a really good performance coach called Peter Elliott who's, of his time, one of the greatest simian performance coaches for actors. — Andy Serkis

Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. — Rob Sheffield

You don't hear it on the radio. There's something about the voices in Sleater-Kinney that's a little too challenging to ever be on the inside. — Janet Weiss