American - Musician | January 22, 1980 -
I have no ancestral link to the mountains. But I really do feel close to mountain culture. Their ways of food, of thinking. The way they hang out with no recording devices and just sing songs with each other.
Lizz Wright
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It's hard to know who you are until you're cracked open a little bit.
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Surrender is working with what happens.
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The church is an institution of music and of production and performance, and it has to do with taking people to places inside of themselves and giving them an opportunity to sit deep in their own feelings, and to be together and deeply alone at the same time, and to process things.
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As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.
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Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus.
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I love talking to other musicians on tour and finding out what we all have to do, not just as artists but as business people. A lot of us are investing and trying to use social media. It is such an interesting level of responsibility and engagement on all these levels. I don't know how one can do this without absolute commitment and faith.
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I am more prolific when I have something to respond to. I get my juice from people and real stories and things that seem common but are amazing.
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I call myself a singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradition. Naturally, because of my lifestyle and love for nature, there's a lot of folk and Americana there because that's just my life.
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I let the song guide me. I move through the space that I'm given rather than trying to make an impression on the material. I'm curious to learn from the music.
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I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story.
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I'd been trained in choral, gospel, and a little bit of opera.
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