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Kathy Mattea
American
Musician
Born:
Jun 21
,
1959
Back
Life
Me
People
You
Your
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That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.
Kathy Mattea
Great
You
Joy
Just Be
Pain
Living
Earth
Those
Paradox
Great Joy
Well
Just
Midst
Things
Numb
A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.
Kathy Mattea
Me
Wine
Meal
Somehow
Seems
Glass
Without
Gourmet
Tragic
Just
What is hard to remember when you're in the middle of it is that when you get through to the other side, you always walk away with a gift. If you can stand in there and not walk away from it, you get transformed by it.
Kathy Mattea
You
Gift
Remember
Walk
Other
Side
Through
Remember When
Always
Get
Middle
Transformed
Stand
Hard
Away
You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.
Kathy Mattea
You
Own
Resonates
Out
Find
Gut
Direction
Voice
Within
Listen
Your
Chocolate's okay, but I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect... it's sublime. I'd like to capture that and then use it in a dessert.
Kathy Mattea
You
Fruit
Dessert
Okay
Perfect
Absolutely
Like
Know
Sublime
Taste
Intense
Prefer
Chocolate
Then
Really
Use
Capture
Peach
Anyway, our family went into complete crisis mode. I have two older brothers, and we rallied as a family.
Kathy Mattea
Family
Older
Complete
Our
Crisis
Brothers
Mode
Anyway
Older Brothers
Two
So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone.
Kathy Mattea
Life
You
Open Your Eyes
Eyes
Wake Up
Gone
Some
Point
Through
Open
Cruise
Mortal
Make
Wake
Up
Person
Going
Realize
Your
Choose
Things
I jump into the process, and the record begins to gel at some point. Then I begin to get a picture of where I'm going. But it's not always something I know on the front-end.
Kathy Mattea
Picture
Record
Some
Gel
Something
Point
Know
Always
Jump
Begin
Begins
Get
Going
Where
Process
Then
If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.
Kathy Mattea
You
Made
Reflect
Back
Say
See
About
Something
Look
Then
Certain
Choices
There's nothing more fun than sitting in a circle playing with people who are really into it.
Kathy Mattea
People
Circle
Nothing
More
Than
Sitting
Really
Who
Fun
Playing
I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that.
Kathy Mattea
Try
Honor
Shine
Some
Point
Songs
Stuff
Come
Know
Also
Steward
Around
Understand
Context
Provide
Role
Revolves
Artist
Center
Them
Really
Level
Whenever someone leaves, the next person that gets pulled in is somebody with similar values.
Kathy Mattea
Values
Somebody
Someone
Similar
Leaves
Person
Gets
Whenever
Next
Pulled
When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be people who have to try various things, it's natural.
Kathy Mattea
You
Musicians
Natural
People
Try
Will
Band
High
Some
Various
Come
Come And Go
Caliber
Go
Very
Going
Them
Who
Keep
Things
I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again.
Kathy Mattea
Together
Fall
Sense
Back
Back Up
Everything
Would
Direction
Purpose
Lazy
Step
Track
Lined
Off
Up
Get
Same
Same Direction
Going
Being
Place
Again
Apart
Then
Compass
Things
Start
Inner
You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.
Kathy Mattea
You
Singing
Back
Way
Voice
Know
Singing Voice
Different
Use
Your
Speaking
Different Way
We rob ourselves of so much by focusing on the wrong stuff. And the ability to get into the moment and deal with what is, that's the real opportunity.
Kathy Mattea
Opportunity
Focusing
Ourselves
Ability
Wrong
Stuff
Rob
Deal
Real
Real Opportunity
Get
Much
Moment
I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.
Kathy Mattea
Future
Book
Say
Idea
Begun
Trying
Even
I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.
Kathy Mattea
Life
Music
Art
Reality
Pure
Think
Beneath
Our
Way
About
Touching
Divine
Another
Another Way
Real
Really
Connect
Deeper
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