Amy Ray
Amy Ray
Amy Elizabeth Rayis an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth12 April 1964
CityDecatur, GA
CountryUnited States of America
being-free causes innocent
We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver it feels funny being free.
self people be-who-you-are
You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people.
couple writing years
When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.
cynical idealist
An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.
teacher kids gay
If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.
voice important use
It's important to have a voice; it's more important to use it.
acceptance tolerance wish
Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.
perspective where-you-live depends
Your perspective probably depends on where you live.
starting-over people feelings
My personal feeling is that people need to be careful not to start over-analyzing and taking things apart and trying to be critical.
jobs thinking community
I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.
stuff solo involving
When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.
thinking talking kind
I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it.
nice planning
We did some planning with them. It was nice to get involved.
bride fun groom met took
We met the bride and groom and the family, and took some pictures. It was a lot of fun to be a part of the celebration.