Kristin Hersh Musician Quotations

The songs become the show, which is how it should be.

Most of the younger people I knew didn't seem to have a handle on things; they hadn't found their place, they didn't understand how the world works, they didn't understand how to treat other people, and they didn't know how to stop thinking about themselves.

I have a beautiful family and I'm in my favourite band. At the same time I don't recommend it. I never sleep and something is always suffering.

We just want to play music that's the best it can possibly be. So we let them play their own games and market it however they can.

When Nirvana was selling records they dangled this carrot in front of underground bands' noses saying well you can be good and a millionaire.

I'm not afraid to let the songs say what they want any more so the lack of censorship on my part makes them a little more universal.

In the end I'm mother, so they take the bitter with the sweet. They listen to the music and they go on tour sometimes, It feels OK most of the time.

It's not like touring with a rock band. I don't have any friends or equipment of volume on stage, just me. Just me and the chair.

We were raised to be here now, and to be compassionate, and that's all we took from it, too. Neither of us became particularly groovy people.