Em Quotes

Emily Quotes

"The fact we have three is 10 times more beneficial than it is detrimental. We can bounce things off two other people that we really trust."

"The scariest part is not screwing up what you're doing right and sometimes you don't know what it is."

"If you call new country more pop, that's definitely not the direction we want to go in."

"It comes down to how we mix the album. There's no reverb on it, to speak of. And we really try to keep it earthy and real -- just acoustic instrument overlaying your traditional country studio instruments. I think that's what makes us sound like us."

"When it comes to music, it is amazing how much we agree on things. It's usually three thumbs up or three thumbs down."

"We colleceted in our first hour, so we though, hmmm,
perhaps we ought to go with this."~Emily on playing on street corners

"We're definatly going to do this on our own terms."-Emily

"I said, 'Charlie, our son better not be called Chuck.' And he goes, 'Don't worry I never had any problem with anybody calling me Chuck twice."

"We don't want to be too cautious. Be yourself, that's our thing."-Emily

"Let me tell you, I fall asleep on planes with my mouth open, and it
certainly doesn't look very attractive."

"They say I have the ugliest feet in the world, I don't care if they
say it...I'm not gonna hide 'em"

"She was too cool for us at the time. She couldn't stay for dinner. She had big, important things to do." ~Emily on the pre-nat days

"People say they don't like country or bluegrass 'cause they say it's all 'ruhh ruhhhhhhh', but I love that!"

"I think the success we are having now says a lot about the people who were there when we were singing in barbecue joints," said an emotional Emily Erwin, banjo/dobro player for the group. "Those are the people that have stuck with us all these years and helped get us to this point."
"It's been a long overnight success. But it's kind of a new beginning for us."

"I was on my way to the gym. It was incredible. I was screamin at cars, 'That's me
on the radio!"

"Playing together is all I've ever known."-Emily

"We just wanted to have a weekly gig and be able to not have a day job."-Emily

"All of us care so much. Everybody in this band is s passionate about this
music."-Emily

"We played orchestra in school.We were 'Orch Dorks'"-Emily

The real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. - Emily Robison

"I just think about how many years I sat on my be watching the CMA awards,
eating Cheetos and drinking a diet Coke, having my own little ballot sheet and
seeing who would win. I had my whole party on my bed, watching the CMA
Awards."-Emily

"We didn't have a name at all for a couple of weeks, and people started asking us
who we were and wanting to hire us. We were going, 'Who are you? We don't
know'"-Emily

"Texas likes to consider itself its own music industry."-Emily

"We dressed up in old Dale Evans cowgirl outfits and hats and boots. And then
after a while, it seemed people were starting to come to shows to see what we
were wearing as opposed to wht we were singing. So we changed our focus and
concentrated on the music."-Emily

"We know we [the Erwin sisters] will always be playing music together, so we
wanted to find someone who is just as determined and energetic as we
are."-Emily

"I still feel like I'm a student of bluegrass."

"Natalie grew up listening to her father's steel guitar and West Texas
country...but she kinda rebelled against country and listened to Bonnie Raitt,
Indigo Girls, and James Taylor. So all those influences show through our
music."-Emily

"Right now, it's a great time for us because there have been so many women who
have opened the doors. The women are selling the albums right now, which is
what is so cool. It's not just that the music is great, they're actually selling the
product."

"It's fun to be out on the road together..."

"When it comes to music, it is amazing how much we agree on things. It's usually
three thumbs up or three thumbs down."

"You have to create your own destiny. We know no one was going to work as
hard on this as we were."

"You have to create your own destiny. We knew no one was going to work as
hard on this as we were."

"I need a list. When you're pregnant, you can't remember anything. I guess first and foremost we want to thank all the directors of our videos."
- Emily Robison

"Our fans are here, and they're cheering us louder than ever, they're saying "We're still with you." - Emily Robison