Is Kim Deal cool?

Is KIM DEAL cool?
"Kim would come straight from work, so she had skirt-suits and office pumps on a lot, and her hair all poofty, all poofed up, typical 80s. I just thought that was so interesting, because so many of the people in that scene are trying to look cool, and meanwhile, the coolest person there is dressed like a secretary. I have to say, in a day it changed my perception of what was cool."
-- TANYA DONELLY, singer/guitarist with Throwing Muses, Belly
"Obviously, at some point, she was the coolest chick in the world. She has 1950s 'hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back' cool."
-- COURTNEY TAYLOR, singer/guitarist with the Dandy Warhols (who have a song called, "Cool as Kim Deal").
"I was so in love with Kim that I really didn't notice the rest of the band."
-- KURT ST. THOMAS, former program director, WFNX Boston.
"Kim Deal was the first female enigma in indie rock."
-- CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, guitarist/singer with Sleater-Kinney.
"With Kim, people just love her. She can just stand up there smoking a cigarette and people are just like, 'ahhh! Kim!' For whatever reason, they love her, because she's being who she is. They can totally tell. People know, they're like, 'she's legit.'"
-- CHARLES "BLACK FRANCIS" THOMPSON, singer/guitarist with Pixies.
Verdict: KIM DEAL is cool!
(Quotes from "FOOL THE WORLD: THE ORAL HISTORY OF A BAND CALLED PIXIES.")