“Most celebrities are dullards. I met a lot of these clowns and you assume they’re smart. They are not!” Why the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is one of the last rock stars unafraid of saying what’s on her mind

The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde posing for a photograph in 2016.

Chrissie Hynde has steered The Pretenders for more than 45 years, enduring the deaths of two bandmates early on and shifting musical trends. When Classic Rock sat down with on the release of the band’s tenth album, 2016’s Alone, she was as blunt, bullish and charismatic as ever.