--- title: "1 Music Say Quotes By Kristin Hersh" description: "1 Music Say quotes by Kristin Hersh. Plus more from Kristin Hersh and more Music Say sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/kristin-hersh-19918_music_before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just_2169908.jpg" --- > [Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just-have-to-shut-up-then-the/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/kristin-hersh-19918_music_before-you-can-make-good-music-you-just_2169908.jpg) ## More by Kristin Hersh > [If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/if-you-re-the-band-leader-you-ask-more-of-yourself-than-anyone-else/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-m-beginning-to-think-i-have-two-years-encountering-sexism-without/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-guess-i-ll-just-slip-into-the-studio-after-the-next-time-with-the/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-don-t-have-the-inclinations-that-other-people-seem-to-have-as-far/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-felt-like-it-was-a-great-secret-when-i-found-out-that-i-could-be-in/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/nirvana-was-pop-you-can-have-distorted-guitars-and-people-say-it-s/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [MP3's are perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/mp3-s-are-perfect/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/we-need-a-day-of-the-dead-that-s-a-perfect-celebration/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I have to play as much of the game as I allow myself to get the music heard. But it's not unlike the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-have-to-play-as-much-of-the-game-as-i-allow-myself-to-get-the-music/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/most-of-the-younger-people-i-knew-didn-t-seem-to-have-a-handle-on/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/you-have-to-follow-every-melodic-line-every-emotional-idea-or-you-don/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/good-taste-that-s-all-you-really-need-when-you-re-playing-an/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/if-americans-thought-music-and-art-belonged-together-they-wouldn-t/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-ve-always-chosen-my-band-members-based-on-their-sense-of-humor-it/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) > [I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hersh/i-would-go-to-radio-stations-and-they-were-supposed-to-be/) [Kristin Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hersh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music-say/kristin-hersh/#itemlist", "name": "1 Music Say Quotes By Kristin Hersh", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. 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