But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting. Rosanne Cash More Quotes by Rosanne Cash More Quotes From Rosanne Cash The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant. Rosanne Cash sand painting ephemeral I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children. Rosanne Cash art-and-music children art Like Thornton Wilder said, time is not a river, but rather a landscape that you step in and out of. I've always found that true of creative work, and I've heard so many songwriters and writers in general say the same thing... When you're going into the realms of your self and trying to tap into the mystery of this creative source, linear time kind of falls away. Rosanne Cash self rivers fall Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong. Rosanne Cash grief suffering loss Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all. Rosanne Cash gratitude thankful thank-you Self-expression without craft is for toddlers. Rosanne Cash crafts expression self The religion I have is music. Even the times I have headaches, when I'm singing, I can't feel them. My dad used to say that, too, especially near the end of his life. He would be in pain - a lot of pain - and he said the only time when he didn't feel pain was when he performed and sang. Rosanne Cash singing dad pain On the plane, an eight-year-old with an excess of testosterone keeps running across my feet. Finally I grab him by his T-shirt and say, very sweetly, 'Listen, darling, if you don't stop trampling me I'm going to make you sit on my lap while I tell you my entire life story. Including a lot of details about drug rehab and my divorce.' He goes back to his seat. Rosanne Cash divorce running years I couldn't listen to music with lyrics for the first few months after the brain surgery, because they were too complex and disturbing. So I listened to a lot of classical music. I didn't really want to read, either, so I listened to books on tape or watched movies. I also re-taught myself all of my childhood piano pieces. It helped me repair my brain. Rosanne Cash childhood piano book When I was eleven I stopped dreaming the dreams that didn't come true, I stopped talking to people who didn't listen, I lost hope and I retreated. I assumed that the root of the problem was that I was too strange for the real world. That being the case, I created a charming and dynamic personality to make the necessary forays into the Outside, and I kept my strangeness for myself; my own peculiar jewels under lock and key. Rosanne Cash real self dream I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War. Rosanne Cash violence war believe I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery, that they weren't still around, because no matter how old you are you want you parents when you're going through something like that. Rosanne Cash parent want brain There's always that moment when you realize what it's going to be. You might have an overarching theme and you need to fill in the blanks - and then there's this "Aha" moment when you see where it's going. That's the most satisfying part of writing. Rosanne Cash writing might needs Well, the first year I lost my voice I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening. Rosanne Cash baby years thinking For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything. Rosanne Cash going-out interviews years Sometimes the fragment of a conversation, the color of the sky, the image in a dream, has everything to do with where the song begins. Rosanne Cash music dream song I was sensitive to music and poetry, and it was around me growing up. Rosanne Cash sensitive growing growing-up It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view. Rosanne Cash views america people If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks. Rosanne Cash anxiety-attacks anxiety ifs And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think. Rosanne Cash used thinking
