Susan Tedeschi

What we've learned is there's no right way to write a song.

— Susan Tedeschi

I love playing live and meeting a lot of the people and hearing their stories and how the music touches their lives.

— Susan Tedeschi

I think I've been a performer since I was about 4.

— Susan Tedeschi

I try and not be the controlling woman I can probably be.

— Susan Tedeschi

To me, Red Rocks is very Colorado, and you're loving nature and just soaking it all up. If you're that kind of…

— Susan Tedeschi

I never really get to go out and see shows, other than your own or if you're at a festival or something.

— Susan Tedeschi

I played with Buddy Guy on his 63rd birthday and got to bring him a cake. And I played with B.B. King…

— Susan Tedeschi

Derek is a workaholic. He'll stay in the studio day and night if we let him. Me, I need to get away…

— Susan Tedeschi

It is sometimes a lot trickier to kind of be sweet and have, you know, the control and also have your voice…

— Susan Tedeschi

For a long time, I really didn't know what my calling was, but when I discovered blues in my early twenties, that…

— Susan Tedeschi

We have a rule about how much we will work, so that we're not away from our kids for too long.

— Susan Tedeschi

Sometimes you see these great musicians on the same playbill, in concert together, and it blows your mind.

— Susan Tedeschi

Actually we used bands like Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek & the Dominos as a template.

— Susan Tedeschi

I think sometimes I tap into other people. I sometimes write about other things that I see or just different situations.

— Susan Tedeschi

I got a Magic Sam record, 'West Side Soul,' and that just ruined me. His voice, pure power, and then his guitar…

— Susan Tedeschi

I don't want to be known as Janis Joplin the rest of my life.

— Susan Tedeschi

The reason we probably started dating is because I knew who Mahalia Jackson was. Derek's like, 'What? You do?' I was like,…

— Susan Tedeschi

If you're lucky enough to have a guitar player like Derek in your band, you have to give him time to shine,…

— Susan Tedeschi

The one thing about musician girls is they're used to being around guys all the time, so they're used to being like…

— Susan Tedeschi

We've played a bunch of different types of places, like drive-ins, where people have their drive-up spot and then they also like…

— Susan Tedeschi

For me, the most powerful form of music was gospel music. It led me to the blues.

— Susan Tedeschi

If I'm, you know, in that mind-set and you're just playing in a bar and it's dark and you just dig in,…

— Susan Tedeschi

Derek actually had started with The Allman Brothers in June of '99, right around his 20th birthday, and I was 28. I…

— Susan Tedeschi

I started learning how to belt when I was about 10, and I had a great aunt who was an opera singer…

— Susan Tedeschi

Everything we do is so soulful. It's actually a blend of gospel, blues, country and funk, but it's all soulful where we're…

— Susan Tedeschi