The Breakup Tour Quotes

“Songwriting is storytelling. Everyone is in the midst of the story of their lives. Which means everyone has songs to share, in some form. You just have to listen.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour

“I’m not fucking surprised. I’m not going to chase him. Max is a quitter. He always has been.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour

“"I'll spend my life pretending--" she sings. "That you're a verse without an ending.”
― Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, The Breakup Tour

“It feels significant, finding myself suddenly writing the song I was working on when we were last here. Like musical memory reminding me not to lose faith. I wonder if we could be like the lyrics I started on the drive home a decade ago.
Not lost. Unfinished.”
― Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, The Breakup Tour

“"Lights go green and even with you," she sings, "same old road leading nowhere new."
"What about--"
Riley's head lifts in surprise hearing my voice, hunger in her eyes. I know it's not only for creative collaboration.
"Lights go green, and maybe with you," I say softly, slightly revising the line's ending, "same old road can lead somewhere new.”
― Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, The Breakup Tour

“Melodies hold memories, Like nothing else on earth, they recall feelings, places, moments-- the needle dropping into the groove of the soul's record player.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour

“When your life is good, when you’ve achieved your goals, when you have reasons to look forward to tomorrow,” she goes on carefully, like she’s fitting puzzle pieces into place, “it’s easy to justify everything else. Everything that isn’t good. They feel like necessary sacrifices, or payments. What life wants you to put on the other side of the scale.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour

“Music doesn’t have to demand everyone’s attention. It’s there for those who need it. Not every song preaches from the pulpit—some hold your hand from the passenger seat.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour

“Melodies hold memories. Like nothing else on earth, they recall feelings, places, moments—the needle dropping into the groove of the soul’s record player.”
― Emily Wibberley, The Breakup Tour