Quotes by Emily Saliers

About Emily Saliers:

Emily Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.
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Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power structures and systemic oppression out there.

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I love Decatur. It is diverse, politically progressive, family oriented and I can walk everywhere.

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I was never forced to go to church, and there is a lot of beauty in Christianity that I take in my life as a gift, and there is a lot of beauty in other religions. I'm kind of a spiritual mutt.

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Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

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When I'm home, I cook. I love cooking for people.

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I was in a church choir early on and that really helped me musically in terms of chops, learning how to sing harmonies.

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So what is love then is it dictated or chosen (handed down and made by hand) Does it sing like the hymns of a thousand years Or is it just pop emotion (handed down and made by hand) And if it ever was there and it left Does it mean it was never true ...

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I'm made mute by the virtue of decision And I choose most of your life goes on without me Oh the fear I've known That I might reap the praise of strangers and end up on my own All I've sown was a song But maybe I was wrong

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I could go crazy on a night like tonight When summer's beginning to give up her fight And every thought's a possiblility And the voices are heard but nothing is seen Why do you spend this time with me Maybe an equal mystery

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You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded.

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I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain There’s more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line And the less I seek my source for some definitive The closer I am to fin...

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Author Bio

  • NameEmily Saliers
  • Descriptionsinger-songwriter, restaurateur
  • BornJuly 22, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Banjoist; Mandolinist