102 Quotes by Emmylou Harris

When he was mixing it I'd get a couple songs every week and I was, like, waiting for the mail to come. It was so exciting.

I think the frightening thing is when we lose our civility, which I think is happening across the board, and I find disturbing.

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.

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?

My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they - any parent hopes for their child.

I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.

Well, I'm just very blessed that I still love my work and I can still work, I still have an audience and I love what I do.

With the Constitution they set something in motion that is a pretty extraordinary document and a recipe for the way you would want people to live.

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.