Great Female Quotes

I want to be something special. I want to be known as a great female basketballer.

Basically, this industry is mostly run by men, and I think women have a harder time...I've had enough of the "Women in Rock" issues of magazines and all of that. There's no reason why we should have our own separate little genre; that's just ridiculous. Besides, what is the genre? I certainly don't fit into the whole "Lilith" thing (thank God), but I am a female musician. And there are enough other great females in music that don't have to fit into it, either.

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

You are more powerful than you think.

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

It's nice to have a great female composer in the program and add her color.

The whole point of marriage is to stop you getting anywhere near real life. You think it's a great struggle with the mystery of being. It's more like being smothered in warm cocoa. There's sex, but it's not what you think. Marvellous, for the first fortnight. Then every Wednesday. If there isn't a good late-night concert on the Third. Meanwhile you become a biological functionary. An agent of the great female womb, spawning away, dumping its goods in your lap for succour. Daddy, daddy, we're here, and we're expensive.

In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan....now enter Maia Sharp.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.

I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others.

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

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.

Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I am very fond of the late cabaret singer Nancy Lamott.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for the most part the music world's changing and change is good. You have to make adjustments if you want to survive in that world.

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

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'