People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I can't sing like Aretha Franklin as much as I wish I could. And I don't sing like Etta James and the… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
When I'm outside gardening, it can be so inspiring. I think of words and melodies. It's peaceful. Every singer-songwriter should find something… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Sometimes something opens up in your brain as I'm writing, thinking about the song, and it's like a whirlwind. It all comes… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I have no choice in what direction my music goes, honestly, as all I get is what I'm given. I start writing… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I had no idea I was gonna be a songwriter, because I was too young to know my own evolution. I started… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I write really slowly, and my lines are really, really terrible all the time. It takes so long for me to get… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I was leaving my violin out of a lot of songs, and that's a strange thing to do because I've been playing… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write songs that don't all fit together. What do you, just throw them away? This might be a chance for… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
It's weird to take your work into a room and everybody reads it. Then comes the terror part, the dissection. — Amanda Shires Copy Share
And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it. — Amanda Shires Copy Share
I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
Instinct is still important, but now I can easily identify problems like cliches and mixed metaphors, and I have a broader palette to work… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
There's a stability in being a side person that can be kind of dangerous if you also want to be an artist on your… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
I was in a plane that lost an engine flying from Dallas to England. It happened over the Newfoundland Sea, and it was dark,… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player. — Amanda Shires Copy Share
You know when you have a child and then as you get older, your parents start becoming more like your friends and then telling… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
I write really slowly, and my lines are really, really terrible all the time. It takes so long for me to get them to… — Amanda Shires Copy Share
