I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be this impression of other currents underneath. L…

- Gillian Welch

There's a world of troubleTrying to take its turn I can hear it shaking undergroundAnd half a dozen lessons I might never learn Not until them troubl…

- Gillian Welch

I've never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, 'Hey, listen to this, listen to this.

- Gillian Welch

Some girls are bright as the morning / And some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind.

- Gillian Welch

The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice that…

- Gillian Welch

Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. It’s this very unhu…

- Gillian Welch

I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind wh…

- Gillian Welch

I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in tradition…

- Gillian Welch

You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of them. I don't know …

- Gillian Welch