Life requires things from you – if you’re really living it and are really alive – that are really difficult and painful, and you can’t avoid those things if you’re really participating. Patty Griffin Read Quote
I’m going to be doing solo stuff. The idea is to do ‘small’ and ‘off my beaten path,’ or go back to an old, beaten path – do some smaller things that I haven’t done in 15 or 20 years. Just to sort of get my feet wet, because I haven’t done my own material for a couple of years – I’ve been doing a lot of other things. Patty Griffin Read Quote
I was brought up to express myself only when asked to express myself, and then to do so in a way that’s pleasing to hear. But I’ve always had a need to make my presence known. I was just sort of born that way, I guess. It’s my natural tendency. Patty Griffin Read Quote
Music doesn’t have to be fancy. I work hard and enjoy the fact that people want to come to my shows. That’s simple, but I’m pretty blue-collar about it. Patty Griffin Read Quote
I was rejected for couple of adverts for sounding too sad. One was for Diet Coke, but it’s a good thing it didn’t happen because it probably would have been a big blight on my soul. It also happened with a fabric softener called Downy, and I guess the way I sang ‘Only Downy’ made people weep. Patty Griffin Read Quote
I don’t fight my ability to sing sad songs: it’s what I am good at, so I must be built for that. Patty Griffin Read Quote
I learned a lot from hanging out with Emmylou Harris. One of the biggest pointers she gave me was that if you don’t know the words, drop the consonants: that way, you’ll hide the sound. Patty Griffin Read Quote
One thing I liked about ‘Silver Bell’ is that I barely knew how to play in the tuning I was writing in, and I just went for it anyway. Patty Griffin Read Quote