65 Quotes by Kristin Hersh

And every time a song is done, it whispers, you can go now... you aren't needed anymore.

Now I know I’ll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I’m finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. But that makes sense: feel someone else’s pain, feel someone else’s everything.And he’s my baby, so everything’s okay.

I thought getting old meant getting wise. Or at least secure. I don't know why I thought that; I don't know any wise, secure old people. Maybe I inferred it from after-school specials. And I'd like to think by the time you die, you've figured something out. That you aren't lying there wondering what the hell just happened.

You started with a broken heart and blamed everyone you met after that for breaking it.

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

I don't like the idea of famous people.