Quotes by Women Musicians

Joni Mitchell

Queen Latifah

Lisa Gerrard

Annie Lennox

Laurie Anderson

Sheryl Crow

Nico

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

Nadia Boulanger

Can't you tell when you're with someone who's listening? She hears you, really hears you. He hears the sadness in your tone or catches your joy. Be a listener, to music, to life, to others, to God. Life is noisy, but there is music in every heartbeat. God is waiting to bring joy and peace to the confusion of our days.

Nothing will destroy creativity thought faster than judging the value of the idea on the spot.

Riding on anything
Anything's good enough
Who would've thought it of someone like you

Justine Frischmann

People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer. I mean, it's not like Stevie Nicks or Linda Ronstadt were dogs. It's not like this is some new thing. But there was at one point a larger variety, but now the catchphrase is "the whole package," the "American Idol" reality that you're a model first and a singer second.

From a distance, there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man.

The giver measures his gift with one yardstick, and the receiver measures it with another.

To a fellow pianist:

Very well, my dear. You continue to play Bach your way and I'll continue to play him his way.

Wanda Landowska

I used to gauge men on how they were around my dogs. Wyatt now becomes the deciding factor. This little boy is so special. It will be very informative about anyone I might get involved with. What are they really made of? How much love do they have?

For your information, I am NOT overreacting. I'm REACTING. That's different. It's important to react when you're pissed off.

Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness wasn't spending it helping people who needed it.

Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something you have passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier...It just makes you less likely to quit.

Better lo'ed ye canna be,
Will ye no come back again?

Carolina, Baroness Nairne

It had to go all the way out to the west coast and come all the way back to the east coast every time it needed to be fixed.

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud.

You have to sniff out joy, keep your nose to the joy-trail.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

It takes a little time sometimes
To get your feet back on the ground...

You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts.

I've played Bach since I was a little girl. I can't let a day go by without playing him. He's so witty and secretive and funny and mathematical and brilliant.

Joanna MacGregor

To be a catalyst is one of my life's objectives. I've been inspired by many people who in turn have been catalysts. It's very interesting to see the waves of interest come and go in Celtic territory. If I can be a catalyst for other people, that's wonderful.

Loreena McKennitt

When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.

That's the story that went around,
But here's the real low-down:
Put the blame on Mame, boys,
Put the blame on Mame.

Girls have to go somewhere dangerous every now and then just so they know they can find their way home.

Nicole Blackman

On why prison and work songs are liberation songs:

You're walking down life's road, society's foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can't get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.