Kristin Hersh

“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.”

“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.”

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

“You have to follow every melodic line, every emotional idea, or you don't get your money's worth.”

“The songs become the show, which is how it should be.”

“I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.”

“My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.”

“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.”

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