Kat Edmonson Quotes

"When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer."

"I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent."

"The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a bus, on a field trip. It was called 'Mystery Man,' and in retrospect, it was the beginning of my exploration of what it was like to have a man in your life, because I didn't."

"I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us."

"When I tend to belt, it kind of reminds me of like a more '60s girl doo-wop kind of belting."

"Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged."

"Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve."

"Jazz is progressive, and it's alive."

"I want to play more festivals."

"I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world."

"I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me."

"Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on and, like a sneeze; I wait for it until it comes."

"For 'Way Down Low', I was particularly inspired by a breakup I was going through and a transition I was making from Austin to New York."