Kristin Hersh Quotations

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.

I don't like the idea of famous people.

We didn't really swallow much of the Jesus thing, but we got the vocab.

My brother and I were meditating before we were 6 years old, having to stare at the wall and chant.

I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why don't you show them good music instead? They're not going to know the difference.

I felt like it was a great secret when I found out that I could be in my 30s.

I don't like what the radio plays for the most part.