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Kathy Mattea quotes

American Musician June 21, 1959

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Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts. Kathy Mattea
So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone. Kathy Mattea
So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me. Kathy Mattea
I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear. Kathy Mattea
Can you blame them? We have to filter so much information these days. But it does make it difficult for an artist. I'm 46 years old now. I've had a lot of life experience and my voice has changed. People who expect the same old me are bound to be disappointed. Kathy Mattea
I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life. Kathy Mattea
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. Kathy Mattea
I guess the biggest thing is that I committed to a spiritual center before I do anything else. And I put some daily things in my life into practice and I maintain that, to make sure that I don't drop the ball. Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea quote: "Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two..."
Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family. Kathy Mattea
So I had to just kind of go back to the hotel, take a shower, sit quiet, dig down deep, warm up, and allow myself to move into some kind of zone. And then I remembered that a lot of my favorite musical moments are not about perfection. Kathy Mattea
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. Kathy Mattea
Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work. Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea quote: "And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection..."
And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art. Kathy Mattea
That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb. Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea quote: "I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea..."
I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future. Kathy Mattea

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