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Patty Griffin

(1964) Singer-songwriter United States

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Patty Griffin is a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for Patty Griffin - Children Running Through.

Quick Facts About Patty Griffin

Born: March 16, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer-songwriter
Notable works: Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

About Patty Griffin

Patricia Jean Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, Kelly Clarkson, Rory Block, Dave Hause, Sugarland, Bette Midler and The Chicks.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Gospel Album Americana Award for Artist of the Year

Quotes by Patty Griffin · Page 2

Personality-wise, I'm much more suited to be in a band and part of an ensemble than I am to lead. I never…

Band

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One of the things that I have learned in the last few years is to stop being so damn critical of my…

Being

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I just started going into my room and literally going into my closet and singing into the clothes. Yeah, the Griffin are…

Big

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I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling.…

Approach

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Studios are designed to pull out all of that beautiful ambience you get from singing in a room, and then the engineer…

Ambience

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I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music,…

About

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I learned a lot from hanging out with Emmylou Harris. One of the biggest pointers she gave me was that if you…

Hide

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I think listeners are hungry to hear quality.

Hungry

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You have this life in this body, and it's really fragile. But what you have inside is what you have to offer,…

Body

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I don't always like walking down the street and making sure that I smile and say hello to everybody who's walking their…

Direction

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“Some people don't care if they live or they die. Some people want to know what it feels like to fly. They…

Courage

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I love distracting myself, just like anyone else. But I also feel a more urgent need in myself to make an effort,…

Effort

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I have been told that I have been played at - my music's been played at funerals, deaths, births, weddings. Weddings, I…

Been

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Music doesn't have to be fancy. I work hard and enjoy the fact that people want to come to my shows. That's…

Enjoy

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But darling, I wish you well On your way to the wishing well

Darling

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One thing I liked about 'Silver Bell' is that I barely knew how to play in the tuning I was writing in,…

Bell

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“You know you've done enough When every bone is sore, You know you've prayed enough When you don't ask any more, You…

Dream

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I avoid subways like the plague because I'm claustrophobic.

Avoid

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I come from probably many generations of singers because my grandmother had a really incredible voice and sang in church. And my…

Church

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It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer…

Folk

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Everyone is tortured. Do you know anyone who isn't?

Do you know

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“He'd like you to join the club that likes to say there's no such thing as love ...”

Love

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I have a strong belief in creativity in humans. It's our biggest strength.

Belief

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I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, you know, other than being…

Backgrounds

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A lot of things drew me to Texas. One is the wilderness: It's pretty close to wide open spaces, which I didn't…

Grow up

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