I'm a traveler and a vagabond and an observer, and the songs come through that. And that's just the way it's going to be. Mary Gauthier More Quotes by Mary Gauthier More Quotes From Mary Gauthier I've always been drawn to the hard story, the trauma, because I think art can turn it around. Mary Gauthier story think always art In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life. Mary Gauthier save my-life songwriting life Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose. Mary Gauthier me songwriting recovery purpose Melody's like tweezers that go into the infection and pull out the wounded part. You can almost not stay silent in the face of a melody that matches your emotion. You feel seen. Mary Gauthier face your feel you I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace. Mary Gauthier place me grateful peace I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool. Mary Gauthier singer stand audience guitar What I've found at 48 years old is that there's nothing about me that's unique. Mary Gauthier old nothing me unique There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike. Mary Gauthier story know me you I'm from New Orleans, and I have a French last name - although I have no real relationship with my last name because it's not my name. I don't know my name. Mary Gauthier name new know relationship I don't know who my dad is. Mary Gauthier who know dad Soldiers are trained not to be vulnerable, but when they come home, they've got to learn it. Mary Gauthier soldiers learn come home
