Quotes from Natalie Merchant

It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

Bred for one purpose only, to die in man's sport.

And in the stockyard, beasts did climb their barriers.

The old men with their traditions challenged Refrained from tears.

At Maddox Table a yoke was carved for my neck, was tailor made.

Down the way a silk design This face is mine Tis I, Katrina! Katrina, I.

Sylvia keeps beasts in jars labeled by Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species