Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we’re born in, or the security we enjoy, the more vulnerable our souls are to apathy.
BRANDI CARLILECoffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.
More Brandi Carlile Quotes
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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.
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My mother’s a singer and my mother’s father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.
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I’m not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can’t in one breath make a fuss about someone compartmentalizing music into genre and then in the next accuse advertising and short film of not being art.
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Wherever is your heart I call home.
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Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.
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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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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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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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Bear the burdens of others, but don’t put them in your pocket too.
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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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I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole ‘Super Bowl’ generalization of our world – You’re on this side, I’m on that side; you’re a Republican, I’m a Democrat; you’re country music, I’m rock music.
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The purpose of it all is love.
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There is a creator and a redeemer, and the purpose of it all is love.
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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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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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