I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.
I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.
I started writing more with my voice in mind.
I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.
I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.
Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.
I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.
I'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like, somebody might say something, and I'll go, oh that's a good line, and that goes in the folder, too. It's kind of an ongoing process for me.
You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.
I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way
I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?
Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.
RB Morris is the greatest unknown singer-songwrit er in the US.
Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent puzzle. Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.
I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.
I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting down in the studio and singing.
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.
I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people
I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there
I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it
I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.
There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over and over again, or heard about. People would ask me about it, but they kind of knew the answer. It would be this ongoing question: "Your fans are wondering, now that you're married, are you still going to be able to write songs?" I'm serious! I would get asked that!
It's always been hard for me to do without sounding precious or too corny or whatever.
