Right after college, I got really into St. Vincent. She just is so cool and out there. I think that’s super-inspiring. And tone and mood-wise, I just love Patsy Cline and Ray Charles. Cam Read Quote
My general idea of the world is that I’m not different at all because I’m a girl. So I get blindsided sometimes because I forget that that’s a thing. Cam Read Quote
It’s my job to make sure that the people I’m gonna team up with for my music see everything that I’m about: Put all my cards on the table and don’t make them guess. Cam Read Quote
My parents were the good parents that said, ‘You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.’ Cam Read Quote
I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn’t know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car. Cam Read Quote
When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn’t go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure! Cam Read Quote
I think Alison Krauss is one of the most amazing singers ever. As a songwriter – this is gonna sound cheesy – I love Randy Newman. And my mom passed on a love of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. At one point I was so into the Indigo Girls, just like I was so into the Dixie Chicks, those female harmonies. Cam Read Quote
I was raised by a family that there was no, ‘You’re a girl so you have a limited number of options.’ In my community, that was never anything that happened. Cam Read Quote
