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I don't always like walking down the street and making sure that I smile and say hello to everybody who's walking their dog in the opposite direction. But I do do it. And it's a small, tiny thing to do. But to me, it means 'I see you. You're not invisible to me.'
- Patty Griffin
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#Me
#Smile
#Street
#Walking
Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.
- Patty Griffin
#Contend
#Fame
#Had
#Really
#Worms
From the age of 12, I had an understanding that singing was something I loved to do more than anything, and I did say to myself, 'Why not?' But there were definitely some doubts along the way.
- Patty Griffin
#Age
#Myself
#Singing
#Understanding
#Way
Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts of my voice are appealing and there's harshness to the loud part of my voice.
- Patty Griffin
#Advice
#Music
#Quiet
#Voice
#Way
Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.
- Patty Griffin
#Body
#Rhythm
#Right
#Song
#Way
There's an imbalance when if a woman goes out for a walk at 3 in the morning and something happens to her it was somehow her fault, and with a man that's not true.
- Patty Griffin
#Man
#Morning
#True
#Walk
#Woman
I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole patriarchal thing, the whole male-dominated approach, really bothered me.
- Patty Griffin
#Approach
#Beautiful
#Me
#Up
#Whole
I've noticed more people coming to shows and I've had a feeling that they were from a part of the culture I haven't been able to get to before, younger people. I think on iTunes they've been experimenting with my songs and the digital radio world has been very kind to me.
- Patty Griffin
#Culture
#Digital
#Me
#People
#World
God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide I still hear females referring to God as 'He.'
- Patty Griffin
#America
#God
#Me
#Talk
#Time
I come from probably many generations of singers because my grandmother had a really incredible voice and sang in church. And my mother had a gorgeous voice and was always singing around the house.
- Patty Griffin
#Church
#Gorgeous
#Mother
#Singing
#Voice
I'm going to be doing solo stuff. The idea is to do 'small' and 'off my beaten path,' or go back to an old, beaten path - do some smaller things that I haven't done in 15 or 20 years. Just to sort of get my feet wet, because I haven't done my own material for a couple of years - I've been doing a lot of other things.
- Patty Griffin
#Back
#Doing
#Done
#Feet
#Path
I just really need to sing and sing and sing and not worry about writing. Just by singing for pleasure, your voice takes you to what it wants to sing. And that is how the best stuff kind of emerges.
- Patty Griffin
#Best
#Pleasure
#Singing
#Voice
#Worry
Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?
- Patty Griffin
#Anyone
#Do You Know
#Everyone
#Know
#Who
Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer puts it back in digitally or through whatever machinery you've got.
- Patty Griffin
#Ambience
#Back
#Beautiful
#Room
#Singing
I don't fight my ability to sing sad songs: it's what I am good at, so I must be built for that.
- Patty Griffin
#Ability
#Fight
#Good
#I Am
#Sad
I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, you know, other than being totally intimidated at the prospect of singing with Mavis, I was honored. I don't really have much of a background in gospel music.
- Patty Griffin
#Day
#Happy
#Honored
#Know
#Music
#Singing
It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.
- Patty Griffin
#Myself
#Pain
#Queen
#Sad
#Time
I was rejected for couple of adverts for sounding too sad. One was for Diet Coke, but it's a good thing it didn't happen because it probably would have been a big blight on my soul. It also happened with a fabric softener called Downy, and I guess the way I sang 'Only Downy' made people weep.
- Patty Griffin
#Diet
#Good
#Sad
#Soul
#Way
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