I'm not saying I'd already done anything, actually, but I'd passed my experimental streak. Chrissie Hynde More Quotes by Chrissie Hynde More Quotes From Chrissie Hynde I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that? Chrissie Hynde bootleggingrecordscost The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis. Chrissie Hynde princessniceunique Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense or it doesn't work. Chrissie Hynde jigsaw-puzzlespieceswriting 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 artistfriendshipenemy 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...I think domesticity certainly doesn't make it easy to write, you know, because you've got a lot of distractions and I think a writer is always looking for distractions. Chrissie Hynde writingsongthinking There'sthemeat eaters and there'sus. And that'stheway I look at the world. Chrissie Hynde looksworld There are no real men. Chrissie Hynde real-menrealmen No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. Chrissie Hynde amountpropagandameat If you don't have a flag sticking out Chrissie Hynde communistassflags You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life. Chrissie Hynde realsongtrying I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be. Chrissie Hynde sentimentaltryingthinking I make a distinction between a memoir written about your breast implants and a memoir written hopefully as a piece of literature to survive forever. Chrissie Hynde living I can't force myself to do anything I don't wanna do, really. I never have. Chrissie Hynde anythingnevermyselfforce My heroes would never let me down; they never have. I've never been disappointed by any of them. Chrissie Hynde heroesdownneverme I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain. Chrissie Hynde owngetmy-ownpain 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 lookyouguitarlong 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 bestknowguitarreal 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 myselfyousingingsong 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 singlebandmomtwo 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 youartistmatterwork
