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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.

Chrissie Hynde

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Chrissie Hynde
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 7
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You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.
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I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.
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Everyone has their set of problems and I'm certainly not going to sensationalize mine or try to evoke pity or sympathy out of people because I don't think they warrant that sort of thing. That's my private karma that I have to work out.
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I'm 34 now, I like to say 35 because it makes me look better for my age, and I have to keep a little bit of a profile so that every three years if I do put a record out, I don't have to substantiate where I've been for three years and why the silence and the sort of false mysterioso.
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Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.
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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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No amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat.
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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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I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.
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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'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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There are no real men.
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It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.
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