Creativity Quote by Lita Ford

There is a small, razor-edged defiance packed into that casual “of course.” Lita Ford isn’t just announcing a creative decision; she’s reasserting authorship in a business that has repeatedly tried to treat women in rock as interchangeable parts - image up front, control elsewhere. “Lead vocals” reads like a technical detail, but in studio culture it’s the crown: the voice is the signature, the thing radio, labels, and fans anchor to. Claiming it outright signals a boundary: this is my record, my name, my sound.

The phrasing also hints at why the statement needs making at all. Nobody asks a male guitarist to justify singing on his own album; the default assumption is that he will. Ford’s “of course” calls out that double standard without turning it into a lecture. It’s conversational, almost tossed off, which is part of the power move: she normalizes her authority, refusing to frame it as a special request or a controversy.

Contextually, Ford’s career has been defined by proving she belongs in rooms that doubt her - first as the standout in The Runaways, then as a solo artist navigating the hair-metal era’s gender politics, then as a legacy act where nostalgia can flatten an artist into a caricature. The line is both promise and warning: the next chapter won’t be a tribute to what people think Lita Ford was. It will be Lita Ford, front and center, literally.