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Kristin Hersh Quotes

I don't like the idea of famous people.

Kristin Hersh

I don't like the idea of famous people.

Tags: famous

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.

Kristin 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.

Tags: humor, intelligence, stupid, fun

About Author
Martha Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave. She has released eleven solo albums. Her guitar work and composition style ranges from jaggedly dissonant to traditional folk. Hersh's lyrics have a stream-of-consciousness style, reflecting her personal experiences.

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

Kristin Hersh

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

Tags: music

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

Kristin Hersh

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

Tags: religion

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

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.

Tags: travel

I thought getting old meant getting wise. Or at least secure. I don't know why I thought that; I don't know any wise, secure old people. Maybe I inferred it from after-school specials. And I'd like to...

Kristin Hersh

I thought getting old meant getting wise. Or at least secure. I don't know why I thought that; I don't know any wise, secure old people. Maybe I inferred it from after-school specials. And I'd like to...

Tags: aging, wisdom