Creativity Quote by Jessi Colter

There is a sly pleasure in the way Jessi Colter frames attention as something that arrives late and still feels sweet. "Tickles me" is doing heavy lifting: it’s playful, a little incredulous, and quietly victorious. In a music culture that loves to mythologize the outlaw era while often sidelining the women who helped build it, Colter’s amusement reads as more than personal delight. It’s a wink at the machinery of recognition - how legacy can be delayed, redistributed, and repackaged when the market decides it’s time.

The phrasing makes her sound less like someone pleading for relevance and more like someone observing the spectacle from a position of hard-earned distance. "The fact that this is getting released" hints at the archival afterlife of musicians: recordings sit, rights get sorted, labels discover "lost" material, and suddenly a narrative is refreshed. The media’s excitement becomes a secondary artifact, another form of release, and Colter treats it as both flattering and faintly absurd.

"Just now hearing it" also undercuts the idea that art’s impact is tied to a single moment. Colter suggests that timing is negotiable, even opportunistic - a reminder that cultural memory is curated, not natural. Her tone is warm, but the subtext is sharp: you can ignore an artist for decades, then act surprised when the story is still there, waiting to be told.