So I had to just kind of go back to the hotel, take a shower, sit quiet, dig down deep, warm up, and allow myself to move into some kind of zone. And then I remembered that a lot of my favorite musical moments are not about perfection. Kathy Mattea More Quotes by Kathy Mattea More Quotes From Kathy Mattea I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again. Kathy Mattea together-again track fall Tonight I feel like all of creation is asking us to dance. Kathy Mattea tonight dancing asking Chocolate's okay, but I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect... it's sublime. I'd like to capture that and then use it in a dessert. Kathy Mattea sublime chocolate perfect I guess the biggest thing is that I committed to a spiritual center before I do anything else. And I put some daily things in my life into practice and I maintain that, to make sure that I don't drop the ball. Kathy Mattea balls practice spiritual That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb. Kathy Mattea pain earth joy Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family. Kathy Mattea complete crisis family two I jump into the process, and the record begins to gel at some point. Then I begin to get a picture of where I'm going. But it's not always something I know on the front-end. Kathy Mattea jump picture know process There's nothing more fun than sitting in a circle playing with people who are really into it. Kathy Mattea nothing sitting fun people Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values. Kathy Mattea person someone values next When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it's natural. Kathy Mattea musicians will you people We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity. Kathy Mattea wrong moment real opportunity I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life. Kathy Mattea music life reality art You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you're made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it. Kathy Mattea me you time life What is hard to remember when you're in the middle of it is that when you get through to the other side, you always walk away with a gift. If you can stand in there and not walk away from it, you get transformed by it. Kathy Mattea gift walk you remember Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts. Kathy Mattea door voice time life Can you blame them? We have to filter so much information these days. But it does make it difficult for an artist. I'm 46 years old now. I've had a lot of life experience and my voice has changed. People who expect the same old me are bound to be disappointed. Kathy Mattea me you experience life
