I didn't wait around for my parents' opinion about my venture out into contemporary music. — Lizz Wright Around Copy Share Image
I can�t erase you. I tried to replace you but it all went wrong. �Cause seeds don�t crawl off the mountains. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express. — Lizz Wright Art Copy Share Image
I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story. — Lizz Wright Create Copy Share Image
He never came back to his love so fair and so she died dreaming of his kiss. — Lizz Wright Love Copy Share Image
I'd listen to the radio, especially when my parents were out on house calls to pray for people - you know, shut-ins.… — Lizz Wright House Copy Share Image
Tell me love isn�t true. It�s just something we do. Tell me everything I�m not. Don�t tell me to stop. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
The women and the men are teachers and preachers in my family, and a little bit of both those fell on me. — Lizz Wright Family Copy Share Image
Tell the sun not to shine. Not to get up this time. Let it fall by the way. Leave me where I… — Lizz Wright Sun Copy Share Image
I've begun to realize, as I'm getting older, that I was taught to go for a certain kind of stillness to get… — Lizz Wright Find Copy Share Image
I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every… — Lizz Wright Communication Copy Share Image
Don�t tell me to stop. Tell the rain not to drop. Tell the wind not to blow �Cause he said so. — Lizz Wright Rain Copy Share Image
My father was very strict, a very militant parent, because he wanted us to be very focused kids. He sold the televisions,… — Lizz Wright Christianity Copy Share Image
Tell the leaves not to turn. Don�t tell me I�ll learn. Take the black off a crow but don�t tell me go. — Lizz Wright Education Copy Share Image
If we work on it, we can absolutely refuse any notion that suggests that after generations of contributing to this country, being… — Lizz Wright Being Copy Share Image
I've always loved the woods, and I've always loved gardening and a lot of solitude and quiet. — Lizz Wright Gardening Copy Share Image
I call myself a singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradition. Naturally, because of my lifestyle and love for nature, there's… — Lizz Wright Christianity Copy Share Image
I'm a real Otis Redding fan, and I just think he sounds so good. He sounds like he's always at the end… — Lizz Wright Beautiful Copy Share Image
As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace. — Lizz Wright Grandmother Copy Share Image