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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.

Brandi Carlile

There is a creator and a redeemer, and the purpose of it all is love.
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Creator Purpose Redeemer
My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.
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Advice Artist Vintage
Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you’re sane.
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Sane Self Sometimes
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
I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.
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Feels Sing Voice
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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Animal Daughter Fishing
I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people’s songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.
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Believe Creativity Song
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
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
Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.
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Coffee Fishing Needs
Bear the burdens of others, but don’t put them in your pocket too.
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Bears Burden Pockets
In life, I’m most inspired by entertaining people and driven by the desire to do it by such a powerful force that I think it influences everything I do.
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People Powerful Thinking
I’m not sure I’ll ever be famous by anyone’s definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life’s work.
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Audience Definitions Sure
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
The purpose of it all is love.
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Love People Purpose
If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to sing. So the gut feeling you’re talking about comes from singing and communicating the lyrics and what it is that we feel.
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Guitar Song Writing

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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