It's so different playing with a band as opposed to singing an anthem. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
When you're in the Allman Brothers, you would think you'd be able to play freely on guitar. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
Being in a band with 11 people has made us learn everyone needs to compromise. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
Being in a band is like a marriage because you have to care about everybody because you're all living together. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
You have to learn the dynamics of a song, and that takes time and practice. Sometimes, it takes years of playing it. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
You can have a song that means one thing to one person and a completely different thing to another, but it can… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
We really try to bring a really joyful and happy and uplifting experience through the songs, through the words, through the music. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
Musicians and artists, they are going to stand together for community and you are going to bring people in and figure out… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
Actually we used bands like Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek & the Dominos as a template. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
When I play live, I use a Fender Super Reverb and I have Derek's old, well, actually it's Eric Clapton's old Beano… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to have horses, so she'd get the sled out, have all us kids ride. We'd play music together. My… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I went to jazz college and didn't know diddly about jazz like Derek did. He knew more about jazz and the country-blues… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I always loved to sing, and my mom was always doing musical theater, and my dad was always with his acoustic guitar… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I really focused on rhythm guitar playing at first because it was important to know the song and chords first before taking… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
You can just sit in your car or get in the shower and make up a song, sing a whole melody and… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I started learning how to belt when I was about 10, and I had a great aunt who was an opera singer… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I got to do how many tours with B.B. King and Buddy Guy? I got to tour with John Lee Hooker and… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
The goal used to be to sit down and write a song a day. But it's like exercising. You just have to… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I love playing live and meeting a lot of the people and hearing their stories and how the music touches their lives. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
To me, Red Rocks is very Colorado, and you're loving nature and just soaking it all up. If you're that kind of person, it's… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
I never really get to go out and see shows, other than your own or if you're at a festival or something. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
I played with Buddy Guy on his 63rd birthday and got to bring him a cake. And I played with B.B. King on his… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
Derek is a workaholic. He'll stay in the studio day and night if we let him. Me, I need to get away from it.… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
It is sometimes a lot trickier to kind of be sweet and have, you know, the control and also have your voice sound like… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
For a long time, I really didn't know what my calling was, but when I discovered blues in my early twenties, that seemed to… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
We have a rule about how much we will work, so that we're not away from our kids for too long. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
Sometimes you see these great musicians on the same playbill, in concert together, and it blows your mind. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
Actually we used bands like Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek & the Dominos as a template. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
I think sometimes I tap into other people. I sometimes write about other things that I see or just different situations. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
I got a Magic Sam record, 'West Side Soul,' and that just ruined me. His voice, pure power, and then his guitar playing, I… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share
