You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of them. I don't know about other writers, but, for me, it's still somewhat out of my control. It's not really a logical process.
Gillian WelchI love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in traditional Southern American music.
Gillian WelchEach person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. Itโs this very unhurried world. Itโs fairly quiet, itโs contemplative, but it can be quite panoramic. I think people think interesting thoughts at our shows, and they go rather deeply into some personal experience of their own. Iโm really proud that our music seems to connect, because itโs not for everybody. But for the people that our music works for, it really gets down pretty deep in there.
Gillian WelchI've never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, 'Hey, listen to this, listen to this.
Gillian Welch