Top 21 Quotes by Tift Merritt

I think, at the end of the day, I have an outsider's heart.

I travel in a Ford Econoline van with a trailer. So it's not quite so glamorous.

The thought of making work that's easily consumed and quickly forgotten - what's the point? I want my work to be cohesive, to age and improve like old leather.

My work is has always been very, very personal.

In France, I discovered that I love writing in the city. There's such an intensity to being in the city that matches the intensity of what you're experiencing in your head.

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

Music is like a really sacred, awesome thing. That first 45 minutes to two hours that you're on stage spending time with music every night is always really great.

You can always boil down the life of a musician to touring, playing, and writing.

I'm a writer, first and foremost, and I sort of take my cues from the songwriters of the '70s, who are talking about what's really important to them.

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.