Madi Diaz
Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.Collection: Inspirational
My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.Collection: Dad
Candlelight and red wine? I don't know. Vulnerability catches me off guard every single time.Collection: Wine
I know that truly nothing is for sure.Collection: Knows
I run about four days per week and do some sort of hike or yoga/stretching on the other three. Kind of self-propelling my body and muscles forward in my own controlled chaos helps me find the ground a little bit easier on the daily.Collection: Running
"There is love." Someone wrote that for me on a piece of paper in an airport when I probably looked like I really needed to hear it. I did. We all need the reminder sometimes.Collection: Airports
Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling.Collection: Unique
I love the truth. Whether it's painful or wonderful, it always widens my perspective and changes me. It helps move me forward.Collection: Moving
Loving the process. I learn it over and again and in different ways. I'm speaking particularly to the musical process, but I definitely think that this lesson transcends. Loving the life process. Loving the process of becoming stronger by experiencing something that makes me feel unsteady. The process of speaking and living my truth and making my own path.Collection: Thinking
Both of my parents are teachers. One is in the Waldorf school system in Louisville, Ky., and the other runs a music school. I grew up with loving, supportive, encouraging parents that let me make my own world, and I wish that for every single child.Collection: Running
Arts in education is especially important to me. Inspired teachers in our education system is crucial in developing inspired human beings.Collection: Teacher
I do my best to write my way through it. It helps the laughing, reflective part come quicker.Collection: Writing
Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling. Sometimes, it's under a bridge or down a stairwell or hallway. Sometimes, it's pitch-black or incredibly warm or in full daylight on a rooftop. I did a shoot recently for a clothing line, Somedays Lovin. I got to stand on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean and play my guitar basically all day. It felt endlessly powerful.Collection: Powerful