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The oppression of women is the single most corrosive and urgent problem of our time.

Brandi Carlile

Bear the burdens of others, but don’t put them in your pocket too.
BRANDI CARLILE

Bears Burden Pockets
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.
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Complacency Country Soul
The purpose of it all is love.
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Love People Purpose
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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Country Father Mother
I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.
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Feels Sing Voice
The oppression of women is the single most corrosive and urgent problem of our time.
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Oppression Problem Time
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
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
Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.
BRANDI CARLILE

Complacency Privilege Sometimes
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
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 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.
BRANDI CARLILE

Country Issues Our World
There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can’t be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they’re gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.
BRANDI CARLILE

Gay Issues Life Love
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
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

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