Kathy Mattea Quotes

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.

You have to write badly to write at all. If it’s crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself.

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you’re made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it.

Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.

When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it’s natural.