The Coolest Women In Music

Cool women... oh boy!

Debbie Harry

"Yeah, she's so dull

Come on rip her to shreds

She's so dull

Come on rip her to shreds"

- Rip Her To Shreds (Blondie)

Santigold

"Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls, Girls

Who be the queen of the ball

I roll true, let it shock all of y'all

I know shit like a fly on the wall

So legit, I don't quit when I fall"

- Girls

Kathleen Hanna

"When she talks, I hear the revolutions

In her hips, there's revolutions"

- Rebel Girl (BIkini Kill)

Karen O

"It was the struggle of the century,

and all the grown men came to see.

The girl who tamed the tiger, yeah, yeah."

- Mystery Girl (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Nina Simone

"Whose little girl am I?

Anyone who has money to buy"

- Four Women

Roisin Murphy

"I dream I'm in the park

I'm standing in the nudie

Getting what I want

Tutti Fruity Tutti Fruity

Fee Fi Foe Fun For Me

Fun For Me"

- Fun For Me (Moloko)

M.I.A.

"Lookin' in the rear view

Swagger going swell

Leavin' boys behind

'Cause it's illegal just to kill"

- Bad Girls

Patti Smith

"I-I walk in a room

You know I look so proud

I'm movin' in this here atmosphere

Well, anything's allowed"

- Gloria

"Just had your hair done

But we're not asking for the rent

Poor little rich girl

You dont know where the money went

You need to get a job"

- Get A Job (Gossip)

Shirley Manson

"She gave you everything she had

But she was dumb and young"

- Cherry Lips (Garbage)

Erykah Badu

"Bag lady you gon' hurt your back

Dragging all them bags like that

I guess nobody ever told you

All you must hold on to

Is you, is you, is you"

- Bag Lady