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Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records.

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But the reality is that we are a folk band.

Band, Folk, Folks, Reality

I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it.

Kind, Letting, Recording, Talking, Thinking, Willing

The only thing I have going on at a personal level is just the way I knew I was gay and I knew what that meant inside me, but the gender aspect of who I am came later.

Gay, Level, Levels, Meant, Thing, Who I Am

But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.

Country, Create, Jazz, Performance, Rocks, Thinking

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I'm going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It's a kind of discipline.

Book, Writing, Play, Notes, Different

I do think within any job you do, you have a chance to serve the community.

Chance, Community, Job, Jobs, Serve, Thinking

We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver it feels funny being free.

Being Free, Causes, Deliver, Fueled, Hard, Innocent

There are a lot of people who that you may only nod to; it's better to stop and say hello.

Hello, May, Nod, People

I feel like there are a lot of people doing a lot of hard work. I think it's too early to judge, and I don't think the gay community is in any way falling short.

Fall, Gay, Hard Work, Judge, Way, Work

You just have to let yourself go and not be worried about what other people are going to say or the things that might come out. . . Just jump right in full force and be as silly and stupid and adolescent and introspective as you want to be.

People, Right, Silly, Stupid, Worried

I think art is definitely a great thing, and looked at as a way to open people up.

Art, Definitely, Looked, People, Thing, Thinking

Your hatred is rooted in your fear, and your paranoia and insecurities, well they don't belong here.

Belong, Hatred, Insecurity, Paranoia, Rooted

If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that, historically, people are noted and archived, and that kids are getting just positive images of people who are gay.

Teacher, Kids, Gay, Noted, Images

If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I'll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song.

Book, Come, Happens, Moving, Song

Your actions will follow you full circle round,the higher the leap, I said, the harder the ground!

Action, Circles, Full Circle, Ground, Harder, Leap

. . . and when I am negative, I will be negative only for as long as I have to be, until I can understand it, and then I will be positive. . . when I hate, I will turn my hatred into energy, when I am angry I will turn my anger into energy. . . and I will not be complacent.

Angry, Hate, Hatred, Long, Positive, Turn

When I do solo stuff, when I do anything involving music, it's very collaborative.

Involving, Music, Solo, Stuff

An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.

Becomes, Cope, Cynical, Idealist

Yeah, we appreciate our women followng. . . and I love women. I mean, I just really love women. I love men, too, but you know it's like sometimes you look up from what you're doing and you go, 'I love women. ' There's just something about them and so, just celebrate it.

Appreciate, Like, Love, Mean, Men

My personal feeling is that people need to be careful not to start over-analyzing and taking things apart and trying to be critical.

Apart, Critical, Feelings, People, Starting Over

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