Susan Tedeschi

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

— Susan Tedeschi

Byron Bay is a special festival.

— Susan Tedeschi

There are a lot of amazing artists out there.

— Susan Tedeschi

Almost all my training was from opera singers.

— Susan Tedeschi

Music is a very spiritual and emotional force.

— Susan Tedeschi

The Grammys is kind of a trip.

— Susan Tedeschi

I create music everywhere.

— Susan Tedeschi

Being a band leader is sort of like being a mom.

— Susan Tedeschi

I'm just honored to be in a band with Derek. He's incredible.

— Susan Tedeschi

It's so different playing with a band as opposed to singing an anthem.

— Susan Tedeschi

Touring is tough because I'm the mom, and when the kids come out they want to hang out with me.

— Susan Tedeschi

We have a big close-knit Italian family that honestly, just keeps growing.

— Susan Tedeschi

You know, I really do like owls. I love a lot of animals.

— Susan Tedeschi

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

— Susan Tedeschi

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

— Susan Tedeschi

It's a really unique experience to have a band that's a 12 piece working together as one mind.

— 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

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

You can have a song that means one thing to one person and a completely different thing to another, but it can…

— Susan Tedeschi

When I first was playing the first couple records, I had other jobs too, just trying to pay rent and everything.

— Susan Tedeschi

... Clear Channel owns all the major radio stations and venues. Most musicians aren't aware that a few people control so much…

— 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

The people I liked all told a story playing guitar. There are a lot of flashy guys out there I didn't like.…

— Susan Tedeschi

My first solo band, the foundation was myself, Adrienne Hayes, who was my guitarist, and Little Annie Raines, who was my harmonica…

— Susan Tedeschi

Derek ended up being in so many projects, he decided at a certain point it was time to focus on one thing.…

— Susan Tedeschi

I always loved to sing, and my mom was always doing musical theater, and my dad was always with his acoustic guitar…

— Susan Tedeschi

Really, it was after I got out of college that I began to get into the blues. I started going to blues…

— Susan Tedeschi

I went to jazz college and didn't know diddly about jazz like Derek did. He knew more about jazz and the country-blues…

— 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 biggest problem that I have, careerwise, is finding time to play music and write music when I'm not onstage. Because I'm…

— 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

You can just sit in your car or get in the shower and make up a song, sing a whole melody and…

— Susan Tedeschi

We'd like a larger audience, but on our terms.

— Susan Tedeschi

We just play for the best show that we can put on.

— Susan Tedeschi

The more life stories you have together, the more you have to say on stage.

— Susan Tedeschi

Well, honestly, Derek - to me, there is no other guitar player out there like him.

— Susan Tedeschi

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

— Susan Tedeschi

Playing shows is great, but so is being at home for your son's little league games.

— Susan Tedeschi

It's just cool to come back and play at some of these venues that you used to go see shows at.

— Susan Tedeschi

Different guitar players really inspired me to want to learn how to sing on the guitar.

— Susan Tedeschi