“Music was a big part of my culture at home from a young age. My parents have an amazing record collection that I was listening to. And growing up in London, I…
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“You have to fight for what you want. You have to eat, sleep, breathe, dream fashion and entertainment if this is the life that you want to lead. It’s a constant uphill…
“I think I’m cautious. Not because I feel too precious, but because I’m an observer,” says Aimee Osbourne, a.k.a. ARO, in referring to her noted reticence from media fame and the reality…
“When we first started, having an all female line up felt like a hindrance. People were so negative towards us. Every review was about our gender; we encountered casual sexism at every…
“Adapt or die. You have to adapt, that’s just it.” -Roisin Murphy For Roisin Murphy, the Irish electronic singer-songwriter, adaptability is what she credits her double-decade spanning career to. Of course, it…
“I just drink champagne and have a good time!” For pop-punk phenomenon Charlotte Aitchison, aka Charli XCX, all it takes is some zebra print and a little liquid courage to rock the…
“All people should just have the same opportunity to be who they want to be, and that’s not the case today.” -Tove Styrke The boldness exuded by twenty-two-year-old Swedish songwriter and electro-pop…
“I always had a very active imagination. I had an imaginary friend called Fly!” English actress Ophelia Lovibond, best known for her role as Kitty Winter on CBS’s Elementary, is unique. Not…
“I want to uplift woman, and show them that we can be out here, and be successful, and have careers, and be alpha females. I want to show that it’s okay. We…
“Being onstage for me is a war. Self-consciousness is the enemy. I don’t think about being sexy – I think about freedom.” -Isabella Manfredi Isabella Manfredi, front woman of The Preatures is…
“I did not plan to go on The X Factor. It was a very spur of the moment thing for me as I decided to audition a week before. The moment I…
“The album is basically just a storybook. Each song leads into the next, and it all tells the story of this girl Crybaby’s life… it’s kind of like the transition from her…
“I think that if anyone takes a step back and looks at what’s considered the norm, it’s all jarring. I mean the lack of female characters, the single digit percentage of female…
“We did this session, and I wrote this song called ‘Home’, and that was the first song that I wrote and recorded and listened back to that I felt like, okay, I…
“Any time you put me in front on a stage, that I can perform for people, I’m fucking happier than a pig in shit. That’s what I love to do. I’m more…
“Mystery, fate…” was what prompted Bianca “Coco” Casady to reunite with sister Sierra “Rosie” Casady in 2003 and form the avant-garde experimental “freak folk” group CocoRosie. They create songs that challenge one’s…
“I think it is important for us to be individuals, and not rely too much on looking for something that someone else has and trying to replicate that. We all are on…
“Practice your ass off and be better than most, and be remembered as a talented artist who has something to prove or give to the world.” -Dead Sara Emily Armstrong, lead singer…
“Be true to who you are. Be the most you that you can be.” -Betty Who For bright blonde Australian pop star Jessica Anne Newham, a.k.a. Betty Who, standing at 6’1” with…
“My parents wanted me to study something academic at university, so I went to Oxford and I studied law. I had such a great time there…the life experience I got. I’m so…
