Quotes By Siobhan Fahey

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

Being a woman is really crap.

I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me.

When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

I'm a crap guitarist and I find it really hard writing on my own.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.