I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be this impression of other currents underneath. Like if the songs aren't, on some level, multidimensional, we lose interest… — Gillian Welch Copy Share Image
There's a world of troubleTrying to take its turn I can hear it shaking undergroundAnd half a dozen lessons I might never learn Not… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
Some girls are bright as the morning / And some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind. — Gillian Welch Copy Share
Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while.… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
I've never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, 'Hey, listen to… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be this impression… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in… — Gillian Welch Copy Share
