Chrissie Hynde

“The only thing I ever really wanted was a rock-and-roll band.”

“I'm a rock-and-roll chick, and I'm not going to change my style.”

“If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.”

“I go where the guitar takes me.”

“I never think of myself as a female singer. I'm a singer. My singing is not a gendered thing.”

“Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.”

“You can't have a rock-and-roll band that doesn't play in a bar.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I don't think about the past.”

“I'm not interested in being a celebrity. I'm interested in being a musician.”

“The main thing is to write a song that will stand the test of time.”

“I think the best bands are the ones that are a gang.”

“Pop music has always been about the 16-year-old.”

“Vegetarianism is a way of life, not a diet.”

“Rock 'n' roll is a man's world, and you have to be tough to survive.”

“I wanted to be in a band that was all my own. I wanted to be the singer and the guitarist and the songwriter.”