“Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand ...” — Nanci Griffith Quote

“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!”

“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 because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.”

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

“Before I went to college, I went to the S.N.C.C. office three times a week to offer my services and catch up on my 'Liberator' magazine. The other two days, I went to the Lycee Francais to keep my French crisp. I felt comfortable in the diversity of my worlds.”

“I think girls from a young age know what they want, and boys kind of have to keep up and catch up to them. Even in kindergarten, girls are pretty much the ones that like the boy first and the boys are like, 'Oh, I want to play with my trucks.' They think it's not cool. I think girls are definitely more ahead than boys.”