It is no secret how thrilled I am to have Emmylou Harris on the Spark. I found my own musical home base when I put Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town on my record player. I was about 19, and suddenly so much made sense. I learned every song on my guitar, and Emmylou's records have been my friends and confidants ever since.
I have been editing this interview in an apartment in Paris where I am writing songs. I must admit that this interview has been very difficult to edit, in part
because Emmylou is so giving with her stories and in part because, well, who wants to edit any of her wisdom? Emmylou never waivers from her committent to
serving the song, serving music. I wouldn't put words in her mouth, but it has occurred to me, as her voice seeps over and over into my consciousness and out to my french neighbors, that for Emmylou there is simply no other way. There is something peaceful and inevitable about her story which I think even these foreign neighbors could understand.
Surrounded by her musical family, Emmylou sings the songs she loves. And she is grateful, to music and to the world and family which has taken care of her along the way. I, of course, am grateful to her, for her music, her kindness, and for reminding me how gently trouble seems to wither on the vine when one has the courage to follow the deep trails of their own heart. Thank you, Emmylou.