Gram Parsons Quotes

New country music comprises about five percent of what I hear per year. I enjoy it, but I don't really take note of who's singing it or writing it.

I was sort of in denial about doing country for awhile but I sort of grew up and realized who I was, what I wanted to say. I think country music is the best music in the world and I'm glad to be doing a country album. I hope people will love it as much as I loved making it.

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

I've never turned my back on country music.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish.

I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with Maria Shriver, newswoman. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, 'Well, actually, who am I today?'

Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

I have a confession to make - I truly love country music.

You have to go through a mental and emotional process to recognize who you really are. I finally recognized that I cannot be defined by one country.

By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.

I've always stood up for country music.

I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid.

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

I know for myself, and maybe I'm weird or whatever, but the whole thing is about constantly redefining identity.

That's a lovely starting point for me as an actor: the question of what will we - or can we - do with this lot of years with which we're blessed? More than my other films, 'The Danish Girl' is about the gigantic risks involved in being true to one's self.

I'm always thinking about what my identity is.

The first three years my hair was purple, I still was trying to convince myself that I hated the color purple.

I spent a lot of my teenage years experimenting with who I was as a person and not really getting it right. And then, I think, I realized that I just had to chill out in life.

I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.

I had to figure out at 61 years of age: 'Holy moly! Who am I?'

I definitely, when I was younger, struggled a little to understand my identity and who I wanted to be.

You are who you are, why should you deny your past?

We can run away from where we are, but not from what we are.