Quotes by Kristin Hersh

About Kristin Hersh:

Kristin Hersh is an American singer/songwriter. She came to prominence in the late 1980s as the leader of the alternative rock group Throwing Muses before launching a solo career emphasizing her acoustic guitar. In 2003, she formed the hardcore punk-influenced power trio 50 Foot Wave.
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Men are allowed to write songs about people and women are allowed to write songs about women.

Kristin Hersh

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

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.

Kristin Hersh

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

Kristin Hersh

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.

Kristin Hersh

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.

Kristin Hersh

Popular music sucks so bad right now.

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.

Kristin Hersh

Author Bio

  • NameKristin Hersh
  • DescriptionAmerican rock singer
  • BornAugust 7, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Musician; Guitarist