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Chrissie Hynde Quotes

Chrissie Hynde quotes

American Musician September 7, 1951

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In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I don't want those things in my life. Chrissie Hynde
Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde quote: "I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who..."
I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them. Chrissie Hynde
All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription. Chrissie Hynde
I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde quote: "I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be."
I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be. Chrissie Hynde
Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they? Chrissie Hynde
The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine. Chrissie Hynde
I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde quote: "I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of..."
I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community. Chrissie Hynde
Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did. Chrissie Hynde
When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to. Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde quote: "A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss."
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss. Chrissie Hynde

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