I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots… — Lizz Wright 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
I studied opera for a year at Georgia State University, but I wasn't interested in that meticulous, technical approach to music. So… — Lizz Wright Jazz Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the African-American community are raised by grandmothers, and that relationship is a special bond and circle. — Lizz Wright Bond Copy Share Image
Tell the bed not to lay. Like the mouth of a grave. Not to stare up at me. Like a calf on… — Lizz Wright Calf Copy Share Image
Where I fit genre-wise, it's hard to tell. It's a fickle wind. But I have to believe there's always going to be… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we… — Lizz Wright Consciousness Copy Share Image
No matter what happens, I can go back to the mountains. I have nature and my wonderful friends and neighbors. I get… — Lizz Wright Friendship Copy Share Image
I love talking to other musicians on tour and finding out what we all have to do, not just as artists but… — Lizz Wright Art Copy Share Image
There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own… — Lizz Wright Autobiographical 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 in love with the way that Ella Fitzgerald delivered a lyric. She would deliver a lyric with the kind of clarity… — Lizz Wright Clarity Copy Share Image
Singing in church is a very different approach to music. It's very much about transcending the idea of self. It's about finding… — Lizz Wright Church 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
When I close my eyes I can almost taste you. I can�t face you. You�re still too strong and it�s no surprise. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Love lost, such a cost. Give me things that don�t get lost. Like a coin that won�t get tossed. Rolling home to… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I can see you through any darkness. Your light it leads me on. I'm coming back to your orchard. Coming back to… — Lizz Wright Coming home Copy Share Image
It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about… — Lizz Wright Experience Copy Share Image
Instead I keep on holding on I keep holding on. When I close my eyes I think about you. I just can�t… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Music is primal: when it's done without pretension, you can really feel the shape of someone's soul. — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience… — Lizz Wright Audience Copy Share Image
Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus. — Lizz Wright Art Copy Share Image
We had no television, and I only heard the radio when my parents went out to a Bible study group. They liked… — Lizz Wright Bible Copy Share Image
I'm confessing that I love you. Tell me do you love me too? I'm confessing that I need you. Honest I do… — Lizz Wright 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
