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

Amy Ray

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Amy Ray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 12
Composer
Mandolinist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Decatur
Georgia
Amy Elizabeth Ray
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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.
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It's all right if things don't change today. We're gonna keep doing what we do. The world can either catch up or not.
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When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.
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I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.
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