Chrissie Hynde: The Great Pretender | American Songwriter:
"No one wants a lot of ballads. When people go through their householder years and start having kids and stuff, it does ruin the mix. It all goes a little soft, it’s not very rock anymore. When you’ve got youth, drugs, sex and alcohol and stuff, it’s a no-brainer. Anyone can do it. But when those things start to fall away, and you try to clean up your act and not be addicted, you just have to dig deeper. And unfortunately, that’s hard to do with rock and roll."

via Intellectual House o'Pancakes.