Emily Saliers
Emily Saliers
Emily Saliersis an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth22 July 1963
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
discrimination bad-things
Discrimination is a bad bad bad thing.
hate gay issues
The truth that people are missing about certain things, you know when they get fearful and they get hateful, and they repress other peoples, is the greatest truth of all, you know, the truth of love and understanding and clarity about all those issues. And it's like, one day, one day, everybody's gonna know, myself included, over certain things. But, so it's like, it's alright, you know, you hate me now, but that's cool, because I see a better day and I know that there's a higher truth, and you're wrong about hating me because I'm gay.
today moments stills
We must love while these moments are still called today.
prize
The prize is always worth the rocky ride.
done
Don't do to someone else what you wouldn't want done to you.
hands way construction
No way construction of this tricky plan was built by other than a greater hand.
pain passion dust
So we must love, while these moments are still called today, take part in the pain of this passion play, stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust, until time makes history of us.
sleep eating plenty
Eating wholesome foods and getting plenty of sleep is crucial for me.
religion fine source
The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine
pain home
What was once your pain, will be your home.
feelings absolute-truth
Feelings are not everything! There is very little absolute truth in life.
love-is forgiving kind
Love is pure and kind and forgiving. It is the greatest gift of all.
sleep night trying
I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part.
love-is people alive
I'm a little bit antisocial and I recently discovered that I'm introverted. But the love between people makes me alive.