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 More Quotes by Mary Gauthier More Quotes From Mary Gauthier The belief when your mother gives you away is that there's something deeply wrong. Mothers don't give babies away. There's something wrong with me, something unlovable, something seriously flawed in me. It's a fundamental thing; it's precognitive. You feel it rather than think it. How could you not? Mary Gauthier feel me you mother 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 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
