I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It has to be true for me to say it. Alison Krauss More Quotes by Alison Krauss More Quotes From Alison Krauss You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else. Alison Krauss hay honesty soul I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me. Alison Krauss honesty song thinking That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing Alison Krauss car rain song Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing Alison Krauss mouths might beautiful It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song' Alison Krauss songwriting heard song I love being in the world of the unknown. Alison Krauss love-is world I still think of myself as from Illinois. Alison Krauss illinois stills thinking There's a restless feeling knocking on my door today. Alison Krauss feelings doors today Songs come from all over the place. You can't predict what you're going to like. You might like something that doesn't fit right now. What was working for you at one point, something you've loved for years and years, when you get together with everybody, you think, this doesn't match up with what's going on with you personally. Alison Krauss song years thinking If you don't know what makes green, you're going to try every color combination. Alison Krauss green color trying Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me. Alison Krauss rolling growing-up perfect Whenever I've chosen a song because it's clever, it's always turned out to be a mistake. Alison Krauss clever mistake song My parents made us do everything, try everything. Alison Krauss parent made trying A whole album to one writer - now that would be really interesting. Alison Krauss albums would-be interesting I don't look for bliss, just contentment. Alison Krauss bliss contentment looks When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good Alison Krauss musical real acceptance I never had any big dreams about doing something on a huge scale. Alison Krauss scales bigs dream I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of everything they've ever written. Alison Krauss tape listening song I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me. Alison Krauss crazy home looks Being in the studio is a really romantic time. Alison Krauss really-romantic romantic-love romantic
