Natalie Merchant Quotes

The research phase was really fascinating – I’m not a closeted nerd, I’m an out-of-the-closet nerd.

 Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

Literature gives us a window into other people’s experiences in other places, in other times, so I thought it would be really interesting to investigate how different people had written about motherhood, and childhood.

It’s really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.

I’ve raised my daughter with no television.

I’ve found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it’s almost like a mind control. If I could control prople’s minds, I’d like to put something useful in.