"I can't think of one woman in rock doing anything really great, but I don't think it's because people don't let them. Men just play better than women. I think maybe it's genetic. We have one hormone missing. But even if (that's the case), there ought to be some mutants. I sure I'm one of them." (Request, October 1992)
Her producer, Gary Smith, believes that Hatfield's innate mistrust of image is a big selling point. "The little bits of calculating that Juliana does, like using a head shot on a cover or being in a bikini in a video," Smith says, "seem to be more to spit in the face of everything that's going on. In a certain sense, she's as punk as they come." (Vogue, June 1992)
"I'm learning to like women better -- though there aren't a lot of women I like. They're all, like, trying to find boyfriends and they get really jealous when I'm hanging around a guy they like." (Interview, Sept. 1992)