Music has always felt very real to me. Joan Osborne More Quotes by Joan Osborne More Quotes From Joan Osborne Even if I'm doing a show and there's five people in the audience and the sound system is terrible - I mean, it's been a while but I've certainly done those kind of shows where it's just every conceivable thing is against you - you still have music. It's still something that's real whether there's five people in the audience or a hundred thousand people in the audience. And that's always been there for me. Joan Osborne real mean people I create because it makes me connected to something larger than myself. Joan Osborne connected How long have you been sitting in the darkness? You forget. You know you're getting hard to be with and you're crying every time you turn around. Oh my crazy baby, try to hold on tight. Oh my crazy baby, don't put out the light. And your hands are shaking something awful as your worries crawl around inside your clothes. Joan Osborne crazy light baby It's very reassuring and spiritual to be connected with something larger than yourself and the inside of your own head. Joan Osborne reassuring connected spiritual I try to stay in gratitude as much as I can. You know, we all get to the point where we're frazzled, or tired, or frustrated, or whatever it is, but I try to take those moments and realize that I do have so much to be grateful for, and allow it to send me back to those feelings of gratitude and just live in gratitude as much as I can. Joan Osborne gratitude tired grateful There's so many different ways humans have used music to express the spiritual part of our nature and to connect us with the divine. So for me the pathway is through music. Joan Osborne pathways different spiritual This is something I think that blues music, or folk music, and all those particular genres that have a perspective about life deal with - where the difficulties of life are seen as something that are very natural and nothing to be embarrassed about, and something that we all go through; something that's part of our share of humanity. And it accepts those difficulties and pain as such. I think there's a wonderful forgiveness that can come over you, if you have that perspective on it. Joan Osborne perspective pain thinking I do feel a connection to the divine and to the infinite. Joan Osborne connections infinite divine The interests behind fracking are very powerful and they've managed to control the dialogue for a while, because they have forced people to sign disclosure agreements; people who have had negative experiences who are not able to speak out because they've signed disclosure agreements with the gas companies. Things like this. They've managed to strangle the opposing viewpoint, but it does seem like the people who are against fracking have started to gain some traction and the realities of what an environmental nightmare it is are starting to become known. Joan Osborne powerful agreement reality You are connected to something very much larger than yourself. And that's a beautiful thing. Joan Osborne beautiful-things connected beautiful If you're stuck in a situation that's painful or there's something that makes you angry, it can enable you to step back from your own experience of it and realize that this is just a part of what it is to be human. It can allow you to accept it a little bit more and make you feel like it's less unfair. Joan Osborne realizing steps littles With me, it's so eclectic and all over the map that no one knows what to expect, ... It may not be a great career move, but all these things - singing with the Funk Brothers and the Dead, singing a Dolly Parton song - is great. I'm welcome to all these different worlds, and that's been wonderful. Joan Osborne brother song moving Singing is a f***ing blast. When it’s really good, it’s as good as the best sex. I get nipple erections all the time on stage, I do! Joan Osborne nipples singing sex We've been together so long, I hope it just wasn't the drugs. Joan Osborne drug friendship long I think I had a tendency to get stuck inside my head and go to some very dark places in my mind, and get stuck there. I couldn't see a way to get out. Joan Osborne mind dark thinking Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening and you can feel that you're taking a lot of risks just with your own life, and your family's security. But the rewards outweigh those things. Joan Osborne rewards risk artist I make myself suffer with a lot of self doubt. Joan Osborne suffering self doubt I do think that it's a challenge for me or for anybody who has had certain iconic things happen to them in their career to re-engage people and say that there's still more to discover. And also to have that confidence in yourself that you still have more to bring. Joan Osborne careers people thinking I try to use pain as fuel for my work. Joan Osborne pain use trying Oh, deeply vulnerable as a woman - to love someone not knowing whether they love me in return. Joan Osborne return vulnerable knowing
