List of Rosanne Cash Quotes

While Visiting Places In The South With My Heart Really Open, I Realized How Important People In Certain Geographical Spots Were To Me, What They Symbolize, How I'm Still Connected To Them And How Much They Are A Part Of My Ancestry, Both Musical And Real.

"country" Has Become A Marketing Term. I See Myself As A Songwriter.

There's Always That Moment When You Realize What It's Going To Be. You Might Have An Overarching Theme And You Need To Fill In The Blanks - And Then There's This "aha" Moment When You See Where It's Going. That's The Most Satisfying Part Of Writing.

Because I Was Starting Out In My 20's. I Wanted To Do It On My Own. I Didn't Want To Use My Dad Or Have People Say I Was Using Him.

I Wanted To Be The Writer In The Room Setting Depth Charges Of Feeling Out The World With My Language.you Know, I Had A Very Romantic Idea About That.but I Grew Into Being A Performer.

I Found It Was Really Impossible For Me To Write Songs When I Couldn't Sing.

I Have Learned To Be Steady In My Course Of Love, Or Fear, Or Loneliness, Rather Than Impulsive In Its Wasting, Either Lyrically Or Emotionally.

And I Don't Think That Success Is Going To Destroy Me At This Point In My Life, Like I Used To Think.

If You're Playing In A Tradition And You Have No Reference Point To It, No Understanding And Have Not Studied It, I Can't Respect That.

I Couldn't Listen To Music With Lyrics For The First Few Months After The Brain Surgery, Because They Were Too Complex And Disturbing. So I Listened To A Lot Of Classical Music. I Didn't Really Want To Read, Either, So I Listened To Books On Tape Or Watched Movies. I Also Re-taught Myself All Of My Childhood Piano Pieces. It Helped Me Repair My Brain.

I Was Down With Lucinda Williams And Mary Chapin-carpenter. We Did An Acoustic Tour, Just The Three Of Us, Three Chicks And Three Guitars

I Think Any Young Person Who Is Going Into The Same Field As Their Parent Whose Parent Has Been Very Successful, It's Complicated.and It Was Complicated For Me.