Chrissie Hynde Quotes

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

I've been composing and performing for as long as I can remember.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it was like a new portal had been opened.

I just do what I do. I like to make music.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

One thing, when you're an actor, you finish something and then you have to worry about what the next gig is. When you're a musician, you can always write your own stuff, and I'm working on new stuff for a new album right now.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

People don't understand what music really is. I've been a musician since I was 6 years old. I got my first piano, was playing recitals at 8, 10 I picked up a guitar, 12 I picked up my first Pearl Master drum set. I was an artist before I was an 'artist.'

Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

Music was something I found on my own. I got my first guitar when I was around 10, and it just all developed over time.

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.

I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around with a guitar that was larger than I was, and it became almost second nature to me.

Music is my thing. It's my thing; it's what I love. It's what I do. It's football to me; it's Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me.

I'm inspired to do music. I really can't stop unless I stop being inspired.

We just make music. For I never stop working.

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started taking guitar lessons. I would always write songs and play them for my friends, and I would play my guitar on the set a lot.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

I've been playing music since I was born.

The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.