From AmericanSongwriter.com
By Jewly Hight
March 1, 2007
It’s hard to imagine anyone easing into their fourth decade of life with greater grace and moxie than Patty Griffin. She has a bewitching way of slipping right past the social conventions of age, defying anyone who says that rock music is the sole province of angsty male adolescents-or that mellowness is the proper aim of a woman nearing middle-age.
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“Rock music-that kind of, you know, crazy energy behind it-is a great way to exorcise the demons. I guess there is this idea in our culture that if you’re a 42-year-old woman, you might have figured that stuff out by now. But I think it’s quite the contrary. I feel like the older I get, the more I need to exorcise my demons so I don’t, um, kill somebody.”
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“I think at this point in my life I am kind of looking for material that I can bring the audience into a little bit more. You know, I guess now I’m getting so old that I really do want sing-a-long songs. And also I really love the way people sound. I love the way people sound singing together. I’m just looking for that for myself…I want to hear more of that.”
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