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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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" 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. "

" What I really like is this salted calamari - with jalapenos on top. "

" People in Ireland take in the whole song. After a long history of great singers and songwriters and poets, they are able to consume the entire song - not just the external; they go inside. "

" Art, when done well, creates empathy. "

" Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose. "

" I guess I find it easier to talk when I have a guitar in front of me. "

" A lot of times, a bunch of songs have to be written to get to the next really good one. "

" I don't play everything I write. I mean, everything I write is not that good. I bring out into the world the ones I think that are really worthy of an audience's attention. "

" In my early years, I couldn't find a community. I couldn't find anybody like me. I felt so isolated. There was nothing but shame and loneliness. "

" Songs are here to help us: they build bridges from heart to heart. "

" I think, because of the kind of writer I am, I can't do it halfway. I can't do it without dedicating my entire life to it. I have to give it a hundred percent. "

" Songs bring us into connection with each other. When they resonate, when we're in resonance, singing together, we become one for that 3 1/2 or four minutes the song lasts. It takes away that isolated loneliness that modern life is so full of. "

" I teach songwriting a lot, and I always tell my students, 'You gotta write the little songs sometimes to get to the next big song in the chute.' You gotta write 'em to get to it. You never know what's going to be a little song or a big song. "

" I don't know who my dad is. "

" I'm openly gay, and I've got a major label record deal in Nashville, and it happened when I was 42 years old. It's not supposed to happen that way. "

" I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it. "

" I think having near-death experiences, they sure made me free. "

" I learn something every time I go to work with a veteran. Every single time. "

" What matters is what happens in the soul of an artist when you're playing. "

" Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing. "

" People who have been through trauma, their souls are hurting. "

" I don't have the experience of being in a war. "

" I knew I had that Cajun heritage, that Acadian heritage; I just feel it. And my gut says Irish on the other side. Irish and French, that's what I feel. When you're young, it doesn't matter so much, but as you get older, I would suspect part of the ageing process is to wonder about your ancestors - who were they? What were their lives like? "

" Melody's like tweezers that go into the infection and pull out the wounded part. You can almost not stay silent in the face of a melody that matches your emotion. You feel seen. "

" There's such a thing as a tribe - and family of choice. "