It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.
Mary Chapin CarpenterThe joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.
Mary Chapin CarpenterSo I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night.
Mary Chapin CarpenterI know some artists who come out of country music and the three sessions a day work ethic where you walk in, and you're told you play this note, this note, and this note, and you don't vary it. I know that works great for some people. It wouldn't work for me.
Mary Chapin Carpenter