The belief when your mother gives you away is that there's something deeply wrong. Mothers don't give babies away. There's something wrong with me, something unlovable, something seriously flawed in me. It's a fundamental thing; it's precognitive. You feel it rather than think it. How could you not?

I'm a traveler and a vagabond and an observer, and the songs come through that. And that's just the way it's going to be.

The job of the artist is to go to the places where most other people are embarrassed to go to. And show it.

Mary Gauthier Quotes