For as long as I’ve known myself, social issues have been more important to me than anything else. In Recife the shantytowns were my first truth. Long before I felt “art,” I felt the profound beauty of struggle.
For as long as I’ve known myself, social issues have been more important to me than anything else. In Recife the shantytowns were my first truth. Long before I felt “art,” I felt the profound beauty of struggle.
“I thought being in a band was an antiestablishment lifestyle. It’s only ever been my interest to maintain that, and to maintain my freedom as a bum. I don’t want to be recognized; I don’t want to be hassled. I just want to play guitar in a rock ‘n’ roll band.”
Chrissie Hynde