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“Woman must not accept; she must challenge.”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”

“If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.”

“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.”

“I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I don't even notice that I'm the only female on a festival bill. I'm just like "oh I'm playing this festival."I haven't been very deeply involved in this greater outreach because my approach to equality is integration. I'm not into separatism, or an all-female festival. It's good and empowering but it doesn't allow for the bigger picture to get accomplished. We all need to be at the same festival - that's always been my approach.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.”

“The best protection any woman can have... is courage.”

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.”

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”

“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

“Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.”

“We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.”