102 Quotes by Emmylou Harris

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl

I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.

It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.

Yes, I always say that were a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.

...The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both...

I was the audience he wanted to reach. Gram Parsons' writing brought his own personal generations poetry and vision into the very traditional format of country music, and he came up with something completely different

I'm just too busy living every day to really spend a lot of time thinking 'am I old?' I'm this age. I am in this moment and in this life.

I think everyone's voice is unique. Although sometimes when you listen to the radio, it makes you wonder.