Author: Chrissie Hynde

Quotes

All I can really remember doing was listening to the radio and listening to records when I was at school. I wasn't very academic, and I certainly wasn't a very good student.

All I can really remember doing was listening to the radio and listening to records when I was at school. I wasn't very academic, and I certainly wasn't a very good student.

- Chrissie Hynde

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.

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

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

- Chrissie Hynde

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

I just liked music, and I really liked rock guitar. I didn't think I was going to be a rock guitar player, because I was a girl. I would've been too shy to play with guys.

I just liked music, and I really liked rock guitar. I didn't think I was going to be a rock guitar player, because I was a girl. I would've been too shy to play with guys.

- Chrissie Hynde

If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.

If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.

- Chrissie Hynde

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