Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.

In 2008 the Americana Music Association awarded her its Americana Trailblazer Award; Lyle Lovett who contributed backing vocals to some of "The Blue Moon Orchestra's" recordings[which?] had won it before her. Griffith is a survivor of breast cancer which was diagnosed in 1996 and thyroid cancer in 1998. Discography


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Videography
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Sony VHS (1993)
Other Voices Other Rooms Elektra Video VHS (1993)
Winter Marquee Rounder/Universal DVD Widescreen (2002)
One Fair Summer Evening.