Tift Merritt Quotes & Sayings

“Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.”

“I really love music, and I definitely love playing music and getting to be a part of music.”

“I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.”

“I think, at the end of the day, I have an outsider's heart.”

“I travel in a Ford Econoline van with a trailer. So it's not quite so glamorous.”

“I was thinking about how a playlist is really so inadequate as opposed to a mixtape because it takes seventeen days to really make a mixtape with a homemade cover that you like and that you'd give away.”

“As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.”

“I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.”

“I wanted to dedicate myself completely to the things that matter to me and let everything else go, and I think that's a really rewarding thing.”

“I'm a writer, first and foremost, and I sort of take my cues from the songwriters of the '70s, who are talking about what's really important to them.”