102 Quotes by Emmylou Harris

A good song deals with the human condition, and the truth of the human condition.

I love singing. The joy of singing live - I don't think I will ever stop that.

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.

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.

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.

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment.

I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .