115 Quotes by Mary Gauthier

I try not to eat cakes, but sugar screams my name.

I haven't been in the military, but I've known my share of pain. It allows me to sit with someone who's struggling and not be afraid.

What matters is what happens in the soul of an artist when you're playing.

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.

If I write for beauty and truth, the songs will find their way to me. Then, it's the songs that speak to the audience, and they can become part of the tribe that is into what I do.

When I first got sober, I hadn't read anything for six or seven years. I didn't have even that much focus.

Art, when done well, creates empathy.

I feel as though I came to music with something to say. It wasn't like that when I was younger. I didn't have the ability to articulate what it was I wanted to say.

I always knew I was going to make a record called 'The Foundling.' Since I picked up a guitar, I knew it.