23 Quotes by Tift Merritt

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

Music is like a really sacred, awesome thing. That first 45 minutes to two hours that you're on stage spending time with music every night is always really great.

As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.

I'm a writer, first and foremost, and I sort of take my cues from the songwriters of the '70s, who are talking about what's really important to them.

I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.

My work is has always been very, very personal.

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.