Emmylou Harris quotes

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for her distinctive voice and influential contributions to country, folk, and Americana music. Her collaborations with artists across genres have earned her numerous awards and critical acclaim. She continues to inspire generations of musicians with her artistry and enduring legacy. Here are 18 of her quotes:

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. (Emmylou Harris)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of. View quote
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When there are dogs and music, people have a good time. View quote
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You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way. View quote
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If I'm crazy, I'm blissfully so! View quote
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As anyone who goes into dog-rescue knows, it is not a for-profit business, but the rewards are priceless for me. View quote
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Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote. View quote
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The only time I ever appeared in the Enquirer was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child. View quote
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To me acting and singing are worlds apart. (Emmylou Harris)
I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's. View quote
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I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has to be stuff that really works with the band, and gives a spin to the older material. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical. View quote
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I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan. View quote
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I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do. View quote
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Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone. View quote
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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris - Image
Photo: Eric Frommer, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: April 2, 1947
Quotes count: 18