Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene. The Boston Phoenix named Lunch "one of the 10 most influential performers of the 1980s."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 June 1959
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
positive
You want positive, go elsewhere. Go find a different lie.
fuels informs watch work
I watch the news. It fuels my rage; it informs my work.
beauty concept represent
Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is.
american-musician unrelated
Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that it's completely unrelated to everything that came before.
art jobs self
My job is to confront apathy and confront all the forces that tend to batter each of us down with all kind of oppression, even self-oppression. I consider that the main job of the art that I do- to rattle the cage, wake people up, wake myself up, confront all that would conspire to keep us down.
thinking
Think your own thoughts.
song involved
Politics are always involved, even in my love songs.
machines protest one-woman
I'm like a one-woman protest machine.
thinking names people
I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name.
lunch satisfaction needs
I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction.
lunch facts charm
Part of the charm of what I do is the fact that its completely unrelated to everything that came before.
thinking lunch people
I just prefer instrumental. I don't need to hear what other people are singing. And if I need music as a backdrop to work or to think, I need to have that part of the brain clear - I don't need people feeding their fantasies into my vision.
miserable wells cant-change
Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.
thinking ethos lunch
I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.