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" I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things. "

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" I have no ancestral link to the mountains. But I really do feel close to mountain culture. Their ways of food, of thinking. The way they hang out with no recording devices and just sing songs with each other. "

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Food

" I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness. "

" I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about myself. "

" I don't think words always lead to meaning, but the things you can create with them are still pretty amazing. I've been really into Joni Mitchell, for example, but I've also been into some studio stuff, like Bjork. "

" I'd listen to the radio, especially when my parents were out on house calls to pray for people - you know, shut-ins. Sometimes, if we were incredibly sneaky, we could do it at night when everyone was asleep. "

" I always want to do good work and enjoy doing it. "

" I come from a lineage of ministers. "

" Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience. "

Lizz Wright

Gardening

Helps

" I'm a preacher's kid, I'm big-boned, I have giant feet, and I've always been able to run fast, and so I had this sense of, 'I can't fail. I'm invincible. I'm made of green juice and concrete; nothing's gonna happen to me.' "

" Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus. "

" The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter. "

" I think of myself as an interpretative singer and a songwriter. "

" I'm in love with the way that Ella Fitzgerald delivered a lyric. She would deliver a lyric with the kind of clarity that would make you wonder why it was written, and make you think about the writer. I think every writer hopes an Ella of any genre or anytime gets a hold of their work and works the song like that. "

" I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end of a long day, and he just won't give up. I just love his wearied devotion - that beautiful, beautiful, weathered sound. "

" It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express. "

Lizz Wright

Artist

Hard

" I want to record, tour, and just live life. "

" I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life. "

" I let the song guide me. I move through the space that I'm given rather than trying to make an impression on the material. I'm curious to learn from the music. "

Lizz Wright

Music

Curious

" As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently. "

" There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own syrup, and it's so personal that it almost can be embarrassing to the listener. "

" For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because I feel it's still sacred, like gospel. It's serious music, but it allows room to sing about so much other stuff as well. "

Lizz Wright

Spiritual

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" Surrender is working with what happens. "

" I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet. "

" Salif Keita's one of my favorite artists. "

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Favorite

Artists

" I love singing all types of genres. "

" I think living in a way that's close to nature makes you feel like that - makes you feel how thin the veil is between life and death. "

" What I learned about singing in the church has gone into what I do now. "

" The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience of communion. "

" I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. "

" Singing in church is a very different approach to music. It's very much about transcending the idea of self. It's about finding something greater that connects all of us. Gospel music is about tapping into that. "