“That was exactly why people didn't want to give us any kind of life, because we were threatening their status quo, and they just didn't want to have room for girls playing rock 'n' roll. It bothered them. First, people just tried to get around it by saying, "Oh, wow, isn't that cute? Girls playing rock 'n' roll!," and when we said, "Yeah, right, this isn't a phase; it's what we want to do with our lives," it became, "Oh! You must be a bunch of sluts. You dykes, you whores." That's what it became. Then it became a name-calling contest.” PeopleWantGivingFirstsKindSaidGirlNamesRoomsOur LivesRocksCallingYeahBunchCuteWowRock N RollPhasesThreateningContestsStatus QuoBotheredName CallingCute GirlDykes Author:Joan Jett
“If at age 10 I say there are monsters in the basement and they don't believe it, I would have stayed in that house. My father would have said "Shut up and get to your room." So I thought the only sanctioned tyranny in the world is parenthood and everybody goes "Yeah." It's a dictatorship - parenthood.” IfsWorldBelieveSaidAgeFatherHouseRoomsYeahDon't BelieveMonstersTyrannyParenthoodDictatorshipShut UpBasementsYour Room Author:Guillermo del Toro
“At every point I wished that I was born English. They need to make it colder in here. You could hang meat in this room. But, yeah...I grew up in a very English household. My folks were from Liverpool. I've said this before, but there is nothing more English than an Englishman that no longer lives in England.” NeedsSaidBornRoomsGrewGrew UpEnglandYeahFolksMeatHouseholdEnglishmenLiverpoolLonger Life Author:Mike Myers