Tift Merritt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.”

“My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.”

“My work is has always been very, very personal.”

“When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.”

“You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.”

“France was very opposite of the show-business experience I'd been living; I was anonymous and alone. I wore no makeup, wore the same clothes every day. And I wrote and wrote and wrote.”

“I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job.”

“I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.”

“In France, I discovered that I love writing in the city. There's such an intensity to being in the city that matches the intensity of what you're experiencing in your head.”

“Music is like a really sacred, awesome thing. That first 45 minutes to two hours that you're on stage spending time with music every night is always really great.”