The Good Quote
Open menu
Quotes
Authors
Topics
More
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
Home
Authors
Suzy Bogguss
American
Musician
About the author
My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Time
#Mother
I'm a real Suzy Homemaker.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Power
#Numbers
I've always loved to sing.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
I've always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Artist
I've been playing swing chords for a long time.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Time
I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Right
#Past
#Ideas
#Trying
#Attention
It's like Willie Nelson. You're an artist and you have different styles inside of you.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Artist
My first solo was in church when I was five.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#First
#Church
One of the things that I think is such a constant in country music is that the song is so much a story. I believe it is supposed to be based around a story.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Country
#Song
#Music
#Country music
I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Mind
Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Life
#Meeting
But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Home
I'm definitely not ready to move into something else. I'm having so much fun.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Fun
I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Life
#People
#Perspective
After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Soul
#April
Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Life
#Will
#Years
#Home
#Today
#First
A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Country
For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Reason
#Writing
I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Love
#Home
#Play
I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Years
#Christmas
I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#School
After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here.
Suzy Bogguss,
American
Musician
#Right
#Family