Kristin Hersh

“To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.”

“I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.”

“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.”

“I don't like the idea of famous people.”

“If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.”

“I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.”

“MP3's are perfect.”

“I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.”

“The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.”

“I don't like what the radio plays for the most part.”

“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.”

“Men are allowed to write songs about people and women are allowed to write songs about women.”

“We need a day of the dead. That's a perfect celebration.”

“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.”

“Popular music sucks so bad right now.”

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

“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.”

“I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.”

“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.”

“We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab.”