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
lyrics music sing sitting
I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.
felt money terrible
I didn't have any money. I had a sense of terrible loss. But what I also had was a fire in my belly. I wasn't going to go back to waiting tables. I felt I had to be better at fronting a band.
generous good nature promoting
I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.
adore festival follows life loves passion people smart wonderful
I just adore him, ... He follows his heart. He must be pretty smart in business. He loves his life and that's a wonderful thing to see. So many people are the beneficiaries of his passion, his love for this music. I don't think there's another festival like this in the world.
folks trained
I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.
direction force honor power records
I find with records, they become what they're going to become. They take on a power and a direction of their own. Part of making records is to honor that and not try to force it.
poet town
In a town of writers, he really is our poet laureate,
coming linda particular reason
I called Linda and told her that Dolly was coming over. This one evening, there was no particular reason for it.
country finds music nowhere seems venture
I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.
american-musician constitution document motion people recipe
With the Constitution they set something in motion that is a pretty extraordinary document and a recipe for the way you would want people to live.
audience love work
Well, I'm just very blessed that I still love my work and I can still work, I still have an audience and I love what I do.
simplicity emotion
Simplicity can intensify the emotion.
nashville cities giving
It's basically a city of songwriters and that's what gives it it's strength, that's what gives it its lasting ability. You've got people making all different kinds of music and that's what attracts me to Nashville as Music City.
grieving color interesting
You meet a lot of people and have a lot of experiences, and they color you and stay with you - but I'm not the grieving widow. Life is much more complicated and interesting and full of zigs and zags than that.