Chrissie Hynde Quotes

Chrissie Hynde — American Musician born on September 07, 1951,

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Pretenders... (wikipedia)

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?

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.

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.

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

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