Kristen Hersh quotes

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say. (Kristen Hersh)
My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant. View quote
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I don't like the idea of famous people. View quote
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Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument. View quote
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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. View quote
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For years I gave the press really ugly pictures of myself which would make me cringe...And I didn't exist!...They can't market you, so you don't appear to the public, so you don't have a voice. View quote
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My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind. View quote
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Popular music sucks so bad right now. View quote
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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 get extensive radio play and media coverage. View quote
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I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it. View quote
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The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion. (Kristen Hersh)
To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules. View quote
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We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab. View quote
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We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration. View quote
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That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them. View quote
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I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned. View quote
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I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s. View quote
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I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly. View quote
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I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die. View quote
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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 of the world, so I'm not as up in arms about it as I could be. View quote
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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. (Kristen 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 to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence. View quote
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If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me. View quote
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You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth. View quote
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MP3's are perfect. View quote
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Kristen Hersh

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: August 7, 1966
Quotes count: 29
Wikipedia: Kristen Hersh

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