I've always been a very prolific writer.

- Nanci Griffith

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

- Nanci Griffith

Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

- Nanci Griffith

I think that a lot of women are made to feel that they have not done the one thing that they were put on the earth to do if they didn't do the normal…

- Nanci Griffith

I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

- Nanci Griffith

I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

- Nanci Griffith

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer …

- Nanci Griffith

It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.

- Nanci Griffith

Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.

- Nanci Griffith