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Portrait of Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

(1951) Guitarist United States

103 quotes in 529 categories

Chrissie Hynde preferred rock that lived in the dark, a secret between her and the audience. She wants a regular life with little publicity but still cool. She warns that lust only leads to misery, suspicion, and anguish. She also mentions that one person can make a big difference for the world.

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Chrissie Hynde is a guitarist from the United States, best known for Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.

Quick Facts About Chrissie Hynde

Born: September 7, 1951
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Spouse: Jim Kerr

About Chrissie Hynde

Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a founding member of the rock band the Pretenders and is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter. Hynde is the band's only original member and is the only continuous member of the Pretenders, having appeared on every studio album released by the band.

Quotes by Chrissie Hynde

I never want to bore the public.

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A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss

Ballad

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I'm not going to judge what I do.

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I hope there is an edge to what I do.

Edge

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There are no real men.

Men

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How much did you get for your soul?

Soul

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I don't wish to embarrass anyone.

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I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.

Guitar

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I expect people to at least use some thought.

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I've never been to a Hollywood party, although I imagine that it might be fun.

Fun

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My policy is to do the least amount to get by.

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I don't like to think that I'm on a treadmill of album, tour, promotion and all that.

Albums

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

Community

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There'sthemeat eaters and there'sus. And that'stheway I look at the world.

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The celebrity thing is such a thing in itself now.

Celebrity

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Once you stop drinking and smoking and stuff, it really gets on your nerves, all that nonsense going on.

Drinking

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“I did it because the offer of a record contract came along and it seemed like it might be more fun than…

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Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win!

Country

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If you're purely derivative in what you do, then you could very easily get lost along the way. But for me, I…

Derivative

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I don't know if I feel like an outsider or an insider; I just feel like I always did. I don't have…

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One person can make all the difference in the world. For the first time in recorded human history, we have the fate…

Differences

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I just want to be as regular, and get by with doing the least amount of publicity, but still look really cool,…

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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…

Anguish

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I had a very colorless background, and when I left Ohio and moved to England, nobody knew who I was and I…

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When you're in a band and you're a girl, you know, guys just don't ... it's not the same kind of a…

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Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You…

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I don't think that Michael Jackson died. He's probably dead now, but I don't think he died when they said he did.…

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Whatever I'm already doing becomes enhanced when I smoke pot. It can also be demotivating, because if I'm not doing anything and…

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There's this celebrity thing that goes along with making records or being a rock star. I'm into this celebrity thing just enough…

Celebrity

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I don't listen to music, and I don't particularly watch television, so if anyone wants to come over and just hang out…

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The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way…

Effectiveness

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I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a…

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For my 21st birthday, I think my mother wanted to give me a watch, or something, you know, some kind of traditional…

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The cliché of that sort of wasted, renegade, drugged-out musician of the '70s is kind of dead and gone now. And I…

Art

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The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her…

Boxing

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If you don't have a flag sticking out of your ass, you must be a communist.

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I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good, and I think she's a good singer.

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I'm mindful not to get too self-pitying or too revealing of my own pain.

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I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that?

Bootlegging

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No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat.

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Chrissie Hynde by topic

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