Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harrisis an American singer and songwriter. She has released many popular albums and singles over the course of her career, and – as of 2016 – she has won 13 Grammys as well as numerous other awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth2 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
dog rewards priceless
As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me.
expectations grace life-is
There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected.
blessed able granted
I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.
biographies want my-own
I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.
singing acting world
To me acting and singing are worlds apart.
sadness thoughtful thinking
As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.
stars pain loneliness
Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl
music country writing
I was the audience he wanted to reach. Gram Parsons' writing brought his own personal generations poetry and vision into the very traditional format of country music, and he came up with something completely different
alcohol feelings drug
I was feeling single, seeing double, wound up in a whole lotta trouble.
running being-the-best born-to-run
Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .
music soul world
...The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both...
night listening going-out
I'm not going out there and doing the same material every night. I have this amazing audience of fans who have been listening to me, some of them since 1975.
dog sleep two
I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.
couple mail mixing songs waiting week
When he was mixing it I'd get a couple songs every week and I was, like, waiting for the mail to come. It was so exciting.