Kathleen Hanna learned to sing from Donny & Marie

I would never say this to her face because she would undoubtedly kick my ass but...Kathleen Hanna is GD adorable. And she only got more so in her 5-10-15-20 interview with Pitchfork. In the piece (which asks artists to talk about music that affected their lives, five years at a time) the riot grrrl pioneer revealed that she learned to sing from cornball TV mainstays Donny & Marie Osmond - of whom she was a huge fan.

I remember every single note of "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat" by Tony DeFranco and the DeFranco Family. Tony was this little boy and he was so dreamy. He was basically a ripoff of Frankie Lymon, who I loved too. But my absolute favorite record was Donny Osmond's "Sweet and Innocent". He sang a lot of old 1950s songs, which I found myself very attracted to. I used to sit in my room and sing along with them, making up dances for hours and hours. That's how I learned to sing.

The Donny Osmond stuff started with "Donny & Marie", the TV show-I would flip the fuck out watching it. If our parents took us out for dinner when it was on, I would be like, "We have to go!" I would be so mad if I didn't get to see the beginning. I used to write Marie letters all the time. I read one magazine that said, "Marie showed up for her interview and had a bit of a cold," so I went to the store and was like, "Can I buy this card for Marie?" And then I sent her a card. My first concert was the Osmonds, when I was six. I screamed so hard that I had laryngitis. It was the first time I lost my voice.

That's right. We have Donny Osmond - who consistently dukes it out in rock lore with Pat Boone for the title of "Squarest Act Of All Time" - to thank for Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Julie Ruin and The Julie Ruin.

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Is it as hard for you guys as it is for me to reconcile Donny & Marie fandom with this?