Music for me is a bit more spiritual. There are moments when I’m sitting at my piano, and I don’t realize that I’ve been playing for two hours – it feels like divine power. I know it’s so cheesy. Mary Lambert Read Quote
If you want to help somebody, make sure you’re coming from a place of clarity and complete non-judgment; that way, you can begin to understand their journey, too. Mary Lambert Read Quote
Self-care is the number one solution to helping somebody else. If you are being good to yourself and your body and your psyche, that that serves other people better because you will grow strong enough to life someone else up. Mary Lambert Read Quote
It’s a really skewed part of our culture that happiness is the end-all be-all. The people that force themselves to be happy all the time often end up being the most broken. Mary Lambert Read Quote
There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles… We’ve all had someone who has hurt us. So let’s talk about it. Mary Lambert Read Quote
I don’t have all answers, but as far as viewing my body… I’m in a place where I can look at my stretch marks and say, ‘Oh, hey, stretch marks!’ and I’m over it. Mary Lambert Read Quote
Sylvia Plath, Rumi, there’s a lot of spoken word poets who do a really incredible job putting their spoken work into page poetry – that’s what I strive to do. Mary Lambert Read Quote
I remember when I heard ‘Jessie’s Girl’ for the first time, I was like, ‘This is so applicable to lesbians!’ Mary Lambert Read Quote
I think, for me as an artist, there are no boundaries. As long as I’m creating in a way that isn’t trying to re-traumatize any wounds that I do have. Mary Lambert Read Quote
I look up to Tegan & Sara, obviously, Adele and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. All these artists are strong in their convictions, and they haven’t changed who they are for the music business. Mary Lambert Read Quote
