Jennifer Warnes Quotes

Jennifer Warnes — American Musician born on March 03, 1947,

Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. Famous for her compositions, interpretations and her extensive repertoire as a vocalist on movie soundtracks, she is also a close friend and collaborator of Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen... (wikipedia)

The job of singing is to stay open to the river of soul in all its manifestations, the dark and the light, without letting your ego get in the way. I never want to be bigger than the song. I just want you to receive it.

In a song, you have to have a lyric that gives us new ideas on how to live, a lyric that makes us feel, and a melody that gives you some kind of body response and emotional response.

I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.

I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.

To this day, I'm not as interested in music as people think. I'm more interested in how close we can get through the music.