108 Quotes by Mary Chapin Carpenter

I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.

I feel like politics have always informed what I do. If you know anything about my music, you know I've never been shy about stating how I vote.

The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.

20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on the tape, but nowadays, I can use my handy little smart-phone; I sing into the app for voice memo.

You've gotta know happy. You've gotta know sad. 'Cause you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know sad

It seemed inevitable to try to address my feelings about everything that had happened. To a certain degree, it felt cathartic, but it's less cathartic to me than it is illuminating and helping me navigate my own feelings.

I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.

I'm a liberal arts junkie.