Susan Tedeschi

Music is a very spiritual and emotional force.

— Susan Tedeschi

The Grammys is kind of a trip.

— Susan Tedeschi

I create music everywhere.

— Susan Tedeschi

There are a lot of amazing artists out there.

— Susan Tedeschi

Byron Bay is a special festival.

— Susan Tedeschi

Almost all my training was from opera singers.

— Susan Tedeschi

I think I've been a performer since I was about 4.

— Susan Tedeschi

We just play for the best show that we can put on.

— Susan Tedeschi

The more life stories you have together, the more you have to say on stage.

— Susan Tedeschi

Well, honestly, Derek - to me, there is no other guitar player out there like him.

— Susan Tedeschi

We have a big close-knit Italian family that honestly, just keeps growing.

— Susan Tedeschi

For me, the most powerful form of music was gospel music. It led me to the blues.

— Susan Tedeschi

You know, I really do like owls. I love a lot of animals.

— Susan Tedeschi

What we've learned is there's no right way to write a song.

— Susan Tedeschi

It's a really unique experience to have a band that's a 12 piece working together as one mind.

— Susan Tedeschi

I'm just honored to be in a band with Derek. He's incredible.

— Susan Tedeschi

It can really changes someone's life or make them think, 'Wow! I can do this. We can do this.' It's cool. I…

— Susan Tedeschi

Being in a band is like a marriage because you have to care about everybody because you're all living together.

— Susan Tedeschi

To me, Red Rocks is very Colorado, and you're loving nature and just soaking it all up. If you're that kind of…

— Susan Tedeschi

I can't tell you how many people think I'm here as the reincarnated Janis Joplin. People come up to me and say,…

— Susan Tedeschi

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

The one thing about musician girls is they're used to being around guys all the time, so they're used to being like…

— Susan Tedeschi

Derek is a workaholic. He'll stay in the studio day and night if we let him. Me, I need to get away…

— Susan Tedeschi

Being in a relationship is hard for anybody, being around each other all of the time is a little insane.

— Susan Tedeschi

If you're lucky enough to have a guitar player like Derek in your band, you have to give him time to shine,…

— Susan Tedeschi

The biggest problem that I have, careerwise, is finding time to play music and write music when I'm not onstage. Because I'm…

— Susan Tedeschi

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

Really, it was after I got out of college that I began to get into the blues. I started going to blues…

— Susan Tedeschi

I always loved to sing, and my mom was always doing musical theater, and my dad was always with his acoustic guitar…

— Susan Tedeschi

Derek ended up being in so many projects, he decided at a certain point it was time to focus on one thing.…

— Susan Tedeschi

I really focused on rhythm guitar playing at first because it was important to know the song and chords first before taking…

— Susan Tedeschi

I mean Kofi and Oteil Burbridge are like superheroes on their instruments anyway, but get them together and it's a whole other…

— Susan Tedeschi

We'd like a larger audience, but on our terms.

— Susan Tedeschi

Being a band leader is sort of like being a mom.

— Susan Tedeschi

It's so different playing with a band as opposed to singing an anthem.

— Susan Tedeschi

Touring is tough because I'm the mom, and when the kids come out they want to hang out with me.

— Susan Tedeschi

You need to do at least 100, 150 shows a year to get really good.

— Susan Tedeschi

Sometimes the people around you really affect what you write.

— Susan Tedeschi

I've been writing songs on my own since I was 13, and the same is true of Derek.

— Susan Tedeschi

When you're in the Allman Brothers, you would think you'd be able to play freely on guitar.

— Susan Tedeschi