Sara Watkins famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass.
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I had been working my first record really hard and toured the heck out of it. I didn't have anything to write about so touring with The Decemberists was what I needed. I could work and take in the world again. You're just the side man and don't need all the info. You're also less busy than when your name is on the ticket, so I had days free to read, watch movies, and just look up.
-- Sara Watkins -
I wouldn't call myself a woman in bluegrass. I haven't really been a part of the world for a while. It's just been a big influence on who I am today.
-- Sara Watkins -
There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.
-- Sara Watkins
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Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.
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I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.
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I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
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I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.
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I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God.'
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The art of life is loving and listening to one another.
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Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
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What motivates me more than money are God and my family.
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