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I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals! But my wife and daughter have brought me a world of perspective when I’m feeling just a little “extra important.”

Brandi Carlile

Wherever is your heart I call home.
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Call Heart Home
I have vocal trouble from time to time associated with sleep or wine! Or from sleeping in a bunk the size of a coffin and breathing in bus air conditioning all day.
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Air Sleep Wine
But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I’ve learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should sound like a live show.
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Sound Two Years
Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.
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Coffee Fishing Needs
The first thing I think of when I think about coming to Las Vegas and playing is always Elvis; its always the first thing on my mind.
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Mind Thinking Vegas
Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I’ve been doing that for a long time.
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Cities Fishing Lakes
I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.
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Feels Sing Voice
It’s impossible to just come up with one thing that I could say to the world. That’s why I’ve spent my life in the pursuit of the opportunity to sing to it. Summing it up goes against what fuels me.
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Fuel Opportunity World
I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals! But my wife and daughter have brought me a world of perspective when I’m feeling just a little “extra important.”
BRANDI CARLILE

Animal Daughter Fishing
I’d love to claim the title of ‘songwriter’ or ‘intellectual,’ but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to do in conjunction with music was purely so that I would have a platform to sing from.
BRANDI CARLILE

Intellectual Titles Truth
Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I’ve played so many shows in Colorado that I think I’m the Colorado house band.
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House Oasis Thinking
There’s a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend – we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It’s a little bit dangerous, because you’ll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.
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Believe Vintage Writing
All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am. So many stories of where I’ve been and how I got to where I am.
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Across Lines Stories
You can’t change people, but most importantly, unless you’re their momma, you don’t even know what’s best for them.
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Change Momma People
I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren’t sitting well in a record, I’ll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it’s a better time.
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Records Sitting Song
Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I’m feeling verbally communal with other people. It’s out there and I feel so much better about it.
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Communal Feelings Happen People Writing

I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals! But my wife and daughter have brought me a world of perspective when I’m feeling just a little “extra important.”

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I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel music, and I still have to feed the animals! But my wife and daughter have brought me a world of perspective when I’m feeling just a little “extra important.”

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