Song Quotes by Chrissie Hynde

15 Song quotes by Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde never shies away from conviction, and these fifteen quotes capture her fierce belief in the power of songs to move people, provoke thought, and spark change.

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

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A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss

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You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.

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I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of…

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Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has…

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What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of…

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I'll make music as long as I can sing and stand up and hold a guitar and I feel like doing this.

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I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent…

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I think if I lost an edge, or the music didn't have the aggression or whatever, which is maybe one of the…

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In this business, things go in waves, and I might make a record every three years. That's enough for me; that satisfies…

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I am very grateful to punk because I was a girl, and I felt like if I got in a band, I'd…

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The Clash were innovative, radical and helped drive a change in music that was ground-breaking. In comparison to some of the music…

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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…

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When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends…

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Things go in waves, and I might make a record every three years. That's enough for me, that satisfies me. And it…

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I'd really rather just be the anonymous Mr. Nobody who I always was up until I first went onstage. I liked that.

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