Kristin Hersh

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.

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.

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.

I don't like the idea of famous people.