Chrissie Hynde

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.

I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.

I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.