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What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and a matter of abolishing it all.
Chrissie Hynde
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Chrissie Hynde
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 7
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Christine Kerr
Christine Elaine Hynde
Christine Ellen Hynde
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Once you stop drinking and smoking and stuff, it really gets on your nerves, all that nonsense going on.
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If you don't have a flag sticking out of your ass, you must be a communist.
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I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good and I think she's a good singer. I think she looks good and she's got a nice kind of... I don't think she's got a sinister or cynical vibe around her, and I don't think she's got any sort of bullshit around her.
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I just want to be as regular, and get by with doing the least amount of publicity, but still look really cool, you know? And get a bit of respect.
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I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.
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The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room.
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It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.
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I hope there is an edge to what I do.
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I feel displaced when I'm back in America, like a visitor. I feel like if I don't get a cup of tea I'm going to lose my mind.
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Real success is not being on the cover of a magazine it's knowing that you've done, and enjoyed doing, what you set out to do.
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I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.
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I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
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I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable.
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The Clash were innovative, radical and helped drive a change in music that was ground-breaking. In comparison to some of the music today they sounded like they meant it. I still listen to their music today to remind myself what music made with commitment sounds like.
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In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I don't want those things in my life.
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Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense or it doesn't work.
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I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
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I'd really rather just be the anonymous Mr. Nobody who I always was up until I first went onstage. I liked that.
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I'm not going to judge what I do.
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I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that?
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