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" A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them. "
Mary Gauthier
Soldiers
About
Few
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" War is hell. Sending young people to conflicts that are unwinnable and unresolvable - it puts them in a position where they're going to suffer. And yet their experience is that they're proud of their service, and they should be. Service freely rendered is a noble thing. "
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Service
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" As a songwriter, I was always mining my own depths, which were filled with confusion and darkness. "
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Darkness
Own
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" In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life. "
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Life
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" By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own collective of trauma. I was someone who instinctively figured out that writing songs about the struggle helps you with the struggle. "
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You
Result
" My experience is that the universal is the personal. If you can get past your navel-gazing into the deepest part of yourself as a writer, you find everyone - we're all there. "
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Find
You
Yourself
" I did not know that if a member of a family serves, the whole family serves. I did not know that the spouses of our service members carry such a heavy load. "
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Our
" What I really like is this salted calamari - with jalapenos on top. "
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Like
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Really
" People who have been through trauma, their souls are hurting. "
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Through
Been
Souls
" I've come to terms with the fact that I'll probably be in therapy all of my life. "
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Fact
Therapy
My Life
" If I write for beauty and truth, the songs will find their way to me. Then, it's the songs that speak to the audience, and they can become part of the tribe that is into what I do. "
Mary Gauthier
Audience
Truth
Speak
" The job of the artist is to go to the places where most other people are embarrassed to go to. And show it. "
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Job
Go
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" When I finally got sober, I moved towards what I might have been if I hadn't been destroying myself when I was young. "
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Got
Been
Finally
" I spent my 18th birthday in jail. Charges were dropped as long as I promised never to return to the state of Kansas. My parents took me home to Louisiana. I lasted there a week. Then I ran away. "
Mary Gauthier
Long
Me
Parents
" I'm from New Orleans, and I have a French last name - although I have no real relationship with my last name because it's not my name. I don't know my name. "
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Know
Relationship
Real
" I'm a big fan of Lou Reed, and I do a lot of talking through songs. It's more effective with my vocal limitations and also more powerful to slightly sing sometimes. It depends on the emotion, but I'm never going to try to compete with great singers. "
Mary Gauthier
Try
Talking
Sometimes
" There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry. "
Mary Gauthier
Learn
Misunderstanding
Ocean
" Songs have been my greatest teachers and continue to be really important in my life. "
Mary Gauthier
Life
Been
Important
" I learn something every time I go to work with a veteran. Every single time. "
Mary Gauthier
Single
Go
Learn
" Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing. "
Mary Gauthier
Healthy
Writing
My Life
" I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool. "
Mary Gauthier
Stand
Guitar
Front
" I haven't been in the military, but I've known my share of pain. It allows me to sit with someone who's struggling and not be afraid. "
Mary Gauthier
Afraid
Me
Someone
" There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike. "
Mary Gauthier
Story
Know
Me
" If somebody in a family is in service, the whole family is in service. I didn't know that. I didn't know our veterans were being deployed seven, eight, nine, 10 times. It's inhumane. "
Mary Gauthier
Service
Know
Seven
" They send women into combat without being prepared for women in combat. The men resented them being there, and it was just very, very difficult for them, and they had to fight for the respect they were earning. And that's all they want is the respect. "
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Fight
Just
Men
" I have such a good life. It's something I couldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams. "
Mary Gauthier
Something
Life
Good Life
" Songs, especially lyrics, have always been really important to me. "
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Been
Important
Always
" I feel as though I came to music with something to say. It wasn't like that when I was younger. I didn't have the ability to articulate what it was I wanted to say. "
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Music
Say
Younger
" I try not to eat cakes, but sugar screams my name. "
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Cakes
Sugar
Name
" I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace. "
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Me
Peace
Place
" Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen. "
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Listen
Our
Job