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title: "1 Born to run Quotes By Emmylou Harris"
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> [Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/well-i-was-born-to-run-to-get-ahead-of-the-rest-and-all-that-i-wanted/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

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## Other authors on Born to run

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-mcdougall-23970.jpg) Christopher McDougall 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-to-run/christopher-mcdougall/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruce-springsteen-20092.jpg) Bruce Springsteen 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-to-run/bruce-springsteen/)

## More by Emmylou Harris

> [I have my own biography of Gram Parsons - I don't want to be part of somebody else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/i-have-my-own-biography-of-gram-parsons-i-don-t-want-to-be-part-of/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [I'm just too busy living every day to really spend a lot of time thinking 'am I old?' I'm this age. I am in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/i-m-just-too-busy-living-every-day-to-really-spend-a-lot-of-time/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/you-get-to-a-certain-point-in-your-life-where-you-get-closer-to-the/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [Yes, I always say that we're a National League band. What I mean is, if you play an instrument, you have to sing. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/yes-i-always-say-that-we-re-a-national-league-band-what-i-mean-is-if/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [She knew someone but now he's gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/she-knew-someone-but-now-he-s-gone/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/i-have-just-enough-people-paying-attention-that-i-have-the-freedom-to/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [I'm not a trained musician. When folks talk about 'Well, you go to this or that' - the tenor, or the third part -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/i-m-not-a-trained-musician-when-folks-talk-about-well-you-go-to-this/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [You really do learn every day with every dog; they are all so unique and different. But if you're patient and you understand where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/you-really-do-learn-every-day-with-every-dog-they-are-all-so-unique/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/as-citizens-we-have-to-be-more-thoughtful-and-more-educated-and-more/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/i-m-nowhere-with-country-music-i-don-t-hear-much-of-it-so-i-shouldn-t/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [When there are dogs and music, people have a good time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/when-there-are-dogs-and-music-people-have-a-good-time/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/there-s-a-certain-grace-in-accepting-what-your-life-is-and-embracing/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [She takes her time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/she-takes-her-time/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/pretty-much-all-i-say-politically-is-i-encourage-people-to-register/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

> [Most Novembers I break down and cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmylou-harris/most-novembers-i-break-down-and-cry/)

[Emmylou Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmylou-harris/)

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