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 More Quotes by Kathy Mattea More Quotes From Kathy Mattea A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow. Kathy Mattea gourmet glasses wine So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone. Kathy Mattea wake-up eye gone And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art. Kathy Mattea perfection art thinking You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Kathy Mattea guts voice Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst. Kathy Mattea knees dying rivers Sally Barris has a voice like sparkling crystal. You could have knocked me over with a feather the first time I heard her. Her writing is from a deep, yet innocent, place and her point of view is just a bit off center. I am excited for her, she is standing at the beginning of her journey in this town, with all of it ahead of her. It reminds me of the first time I heard Beth Nielson-Chapman or Nanci Griffith. It's going to be fun to watch. Kathy Mattea journey writing fun I want to savor the aging process. As you get older, you trade your innocence for wisdom and the wisdom is your reward. Kathy Mattea innocence rewards want I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that. Kathy Mattea shining artist song Dance like nobody's watching. Kathy Mattea I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future. Kathy Mattea trying book ideas You've got to dance like nobody's watching, and love like it's never going to hurt. Kathy Mattea happiness love life There is a string attached to Maia Sharp's voice. And when she sings, you find that the other Kathy Mattea cds voice song An eye for an eye til everyone is blind. Kathy Mattea blind eye revenge So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me. Kathy Mattea careers play trying You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way. Kathy Mattea singing voice talking Love travels the miles upon the wings of Angels. Kathy Mattea miles angel wings I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear. Kathy Mattea umpires inspire life You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself. Kathy Mattea resonance artist writing Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work. Kathy Mattea singing results trying If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at. Kathy Mattea choices made looks
