Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harrisis an American singer and songwriter. She has released many popular albums and singles over the course of her career, and – as of 2016 – she has won 13 Grammys as well as numerous other awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth2 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
country names musical
I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.
people vote register
Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.
running being-the-best born-to-run
Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .
singing acting world
To me acting and singing are worlds apart.
biographies want my-own
I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.
expectations grace life-is
There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected.
blessed able granted
I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted.
stars pain loneliness
Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled Down through the long loneliness of the world Until we behold the pain, become the pearl
country roots worry
I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.
lying silence fields
It takes a certain amount of courage to let the field lie fallow until you have something to say.
mean play league
Yes, I always say that were a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So I always call our drummer up. Even the drummer has to take a turn on the microphone.
music soul world
...The world has lost a legend, and I have lost a friend. Johnny Cash was the rare soul who could be both...
music country writing
I was the audience he wanted to reach. Gram Parsons' writing brought his own personal generations poetry and vision into the very traditional format of country music, and he came up with something completely different
thinking age busy
I'm just too busy living every day to really spend a lot of time thinking 'am I old?' I'm this age. I am in this moment and in this life.