Chrissie hynde

A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss.

I have no sense of patriotism, but I do have a sense of community.

I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders.

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.

Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.

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.

I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.

I'm not a figurehead for anything. 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.