65 Quotes by 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 too many women right now, we can't play your record.

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 the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves.

I don't know what any of my songs are about, ... I don't know what I'm saying half the time, until I see it written down. It has to feel right coming out of my mouth. I can't be lying. If it sounds beautiful, that's what I need to hear.

I have a beautiful family and I'm in my favourite band. At the same time I don't recommend it. I never sleep and something is always suffering.

We just want to play music that's the best it can possibly be. So we let them play their own games and market it however they can.

When Nirvana was selling records they dangled this carrot in front of underground bands' noses saying well you can be good and a millionaire.

We were raised to be here now, and to be compassionate, and that's all we took from it, too. Neither of us became particularly groovy people.

It's not like touring with a rock band. I don't have any friends or equipment of volume on stage, just me. Just me and the chair.

I like being in the underground and being able to do what I do.