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Susan Tedeschi

Profession : Singer

Birth : November 9, 1970

If I had enough time I could easily write three to four songs a day, but, just keeping up, I don't have enough free hand space.

Susan Tedeschi

The goal used to be to sit down and write a song a day. But it's like exercising. You just have to get out and do it.

Susan Tedeschi

I create music everywhere.

Susan Tedeschi

The great thing about the blues is that it's not about male or female.

Susan Tedeschi

I have so many influences, you couldn't write them all down.

Susan Tedeschi

I just remember certain things really well. I know my schedule, my husband's schedule and my parents' schedule. I also have a lot of songs in my head - a lot of lyrics and a lot of chords.

Susan Tedeschi

You have to learn the dynamics of a song, and that takes time and practice. Sometimes, it takes years of playing it.

Susan Tedeschi

I think I've been a performer since I was about 4.

Susan Tedeschi

Really, it was after I got out of college that I began to get into the blues. I started going to blues jams at Johnny D's in Boston and just watching the older players, and then gradually I started sitting in and getting up the confidence to play live on my own.

Susan Tedeschi

It's just cool to come back and play at some of these venues that you used to go see shows at.

Susan Tedeschi

The Grammys is kind of a trip.

Susan Tedeschi

We really try to bring a really joyful and happy and uplifting experience through the songs, through the words, through the music.

Susan Tedeschi

You can just sit in your car or get in the shower and make up a song, sing a whole melody and a lyric and it'll just come out. A lot of those get lost, though. You don't always record them when they happen and then it's hard to remember what you just did.

Susan Tedeschi

To me, Red Rocks is very Colorado, and you're loving nature and just soaking it all up. If you're that kind of person, it's just incredible.

Susan Tedeschi

The two things I wanted to do when I grew up were to have kids and play music. I get to do both, so I feel incredibly grateful.

Susan Tedeschi

For a long time, I really didn't know what my calling was, but when I discovered blues in my early twenties, that seemed to be more of my calling.

Susan Tedeschi

Just because you're from up north, it's not like the blues are a regional thing. It's just all about what moves you.

Susan Tedeschi

It's so different playing with a band as opposed to singing an anthem.

Susan Tedeschi

I got to do how many tours with B.B. King and Buddy Guy? I got to tour with John Lee Hooker and record with Little Milton. Pinetop Perkins.

Susan Tedeschi

I love playing live and meeting a lot of the people and hearing their stories and how the music touches their lives.

Susan Tedeschi