It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow... by Emmylou Harris

It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.

Emmylou Harris

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I'm not going out there and doing the same material every night. I have this amazing audience of fans who have been listening to me, some of them since 1975.

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I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.

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I'm so grateful that I'm able to do something about this passion that I have for shelter animals. In a strange way, it completes me. It means so much to me and makes me feel like I'm truly making a difference.

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You know, I'm a fan of Laurie Anderson. One of my favorite records is 'The Ugly One With the Jewels,' a spoken-word record. It's an extraordinary album.

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I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has to be stuff that really works with the band, and gives a spin to the older material.

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I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.

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Country taught me how to sing, it put me on a path. But I was never going to be locked into a formula. I don't want to be considered a current country artist.

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I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company - Nonesuch understands what I'm about.

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I think musicians are always very generous in promoting anything good they hear. It's just kind of in our nature.

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I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

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Every life is precious. by Emmylou Harris

Every life is precious.

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Somehow, when you think about yourself in old age, you think you're going to be this completely different person that you don't even recognize - because you can't imagine it, you know?

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I really have shaken hands with where my voice is right now. I think it's got a little deeper; it's got some more grooves in it.

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I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.

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Well, I've always been eclectic. by Emmylou Harris

Well, I've always been eclectic.

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I was a folk singer who became totally over the edge with country music. I found my voice and style working with Gram Parsons. I learned how to listen to George Jones records and the Louvin Brothers.

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