How much did you get for your soul? Chrissie Hynde More Quotes by Chrissie Hynde More Quotes From Chrissie Hynde The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public about their product. But no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals Chrissie Hynde health food lying The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room. Chrissie Hynde effectiveness stopping goal What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and a matter of abolishing it all. Chrissie Hynde isms racism matter I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, I never went steady. It became pretty awful for me. Except, of course, I could go see bands, and that was the kick. I used to go to Cleveland just to see any band. So I was in love a lot of the time, but mostly with guys in bands that I had never met. For me, knowing that Brian Jones was out there, and later that Iggy Pop was out there, made it kind of hard for me to get too interested in the guys that were around me. I had, uh, bigger things in mind. Chrissie Hynde knowing mean school The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine. Chrissie Hynde bedtime suits feminist Let's face it, we do have this mating instinct that just won't quit, you know? Just when you think it's safe to come out, there it is again. You're driving down the street, and it's the last thing on your mind, and all of a sudden you're like, "Oh, he looks nice," and you're up a lamppost. Chrissie Hynde nice mind thinking Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they? Chrissie Hynde black-and-white real men 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 done knowing real I don't listen to music, and I don't particularly watch television, so if anyone wants to come over and just hang out with me sitting at the table in silence, you know, eating a dish of rice... I don't get too many takers. Chrissie Hynde silence tables want For my 21st birthday, I think my mother wanted to give me a watch, or something, you know, some kind of traditional thing. And I said, "Well, if you're going to buy me something, there's a Gibson Melody Maker guitar advertised in the paper for 60 dollars. Do you think I could have that?" And I think that she was very disappointed that at 21 I was still messing around with that sort of thing. She didn't understand what it was all about. But now she understands it, and likes it. Chrissie Hynde guitar mother thinking Don't get a job in an abattoir. Don't be a butcher. The idea that people have to do these jobs for a livelihood is ridiculous. They can get other jobs. Shoplift, man. Better to be a prostitute than cut an animal's head off for a living. Chrissie Hynde cutting animal jobs Realize your own potential and try to live out your expectations of your potential. Chrissie Hynde realizing expectations trying I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream. Chrissie Hynde rocks secret dark All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription. Chrissie Hynde responsibility baseball children I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did. Chrissie Hynde guitar band play I don't believe there is any justifiable reason for killing any animal unless perhaps if it's killing you! That would be negotiable. Chrissie Hynde would-be animal believe Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me. Chrissie Hynde too-much crazy travel Let's get rid of all the economic (expletive) this country represents! Bring it on, I hope the Muslims win! Chrissie Hynde patriotism winning country Whatever I'm already doing becomes enhanced when I smoke pot. It can also be demotivating, because if I'm not doing anything and I smoke a joint, it enhances just sitting in a chair. Then I don't even want to get up to change a record. That might not be a bad thing, but you have to get things done once in a while. Chrissie Hynde records done sitting 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. Chrissie Hynde jealousy lust want
