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I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.

~Emmylou Harris

Topics: About Adopted Being Country Ever Just Never Roots Should True Want Were Whether Worry I Can

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I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has to be stuff that really works with the band, and gives a spin to the older material.

~Emmylou Harris

Topics: About Band Beads Gives Like Material Older Pearls Really Songs Spin String Stuff Think Together Ultimately Works

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I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

~Emmylou Harris

Topics: Country Cultures Got Incredibly Indian Influenced Landscapes Look Many Much Musical Names Place Places Sound Spanish Very Way Which

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The only time I ever appeared in the 'Enquirer' was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child.

~Emmylou Harris

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I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems formulaic.

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Topics: Country Country Music Finds Hear Me Much Music Nowhere Opinion Seems Venture

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Country taught me how to sing, it put me on a path. But I was never going to be locked into a formula. I don't want to be considered a current country artist.

~Emmylou Harris

Topics: Artist Considered Country Current Formula Going How Locked Me Never Path Put Sing Taught Want

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I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company - Nonesuch understands what I'm about.

~Emmylou Harris

Topics: About Attention Charge Company Enough Enough People Freedom Great Just Paying People Record Record Company Understands

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I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part - I don't really know what they're talking about.

~Emmylou Harris

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You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.

~Emmylou Harris

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Every life is precious.

~Emmylou Harris

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 2nd, 1947

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