Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hershis an American singer, songwriter and author, known for her confessional songwriting style in her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave. Her guitar work and composition style ranges from jaggedly dissonant to traditional folk. Hersh's lyrics have a stream-of-consciousness style, reflecting her personal experiences. As an advocate of independent collaboration, much of her music has been released on independent labels and online...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth7 August 1966
CountryUnited States of America
That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them.
The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.
I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it.
I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence.
Now I know I'll never be numb again. A mother is condemned to feel everything forever. And I'm finally afraid, condemned to fear everything forever. But that makes sense: feel someone else's pain, feel someone else's everything.And he's my baby, so everything's okay.
Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage.
No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights.
Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.
I like being in the underground and being able to do what I do.
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.
To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.