Quotes by Tift Merritt

About Tift Merritt:

Catherine Tift Merritt is an American singer-songwriter, and musician. With her longtime band, she has built what has been called a "unique" and critically acclaimed body of work of "sonic short stories and poignant performances." She has been compared to artists like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.
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The thought of making work that's easily consumed and quickly forgotten - what's the point? I want my work to be cohesive, to age and improve like old leather.

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France was very opposite of the show-business experience I'd been living; I was anonymous and alone. I wore no makeup, wore the same clothes every day. And I wrote and wrote and wrote.

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I wanted to dedicate myself completely to the things that matter to me and let everything else go, and I think that's a really rewarding thing.

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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.

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I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job.

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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.

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I think, at the end of the day, I have an outsider's heart.

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I was thinking about how a playlist is really so inadequate as opposed to a mixtape because it takes seventeen days to really make a mixtape with a homemade cover that you like and that you'd give away.

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Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.

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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.

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I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

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

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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.

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I think you need a concrete, real-world metaphor to talk about inner life without feeling like a jerk.

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

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I travel in a Ford Econoline van with a trailer. So it's not quite so glamorous.

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I really love music, and I definitely love playing music and getting to be a part of music.

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

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In France, I discovered that I love writing in the city. There's such an intensity to being in the city that matches the intensity of what you're experiencing in your head.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameTift Merritt
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornJanuary 8, 1975
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter