I don’t think women’s prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don’t think mass murder is humorous. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
It’s really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
Literature gives us a window into other people’s experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue – I couldn’t imagine myself seeking that. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn’t achieve the things she wanted to. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
I wish I had appreciated my youth – I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! Natalie Merchant Read Quote
The research phase was really fascinating – I’m not a closeted nerd, I’m an out-of-the-closet nerd. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
I’m on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people. Natalie Merchant Read Quote
