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. Brandi Carlile More Quotes by Brandi Carlile More Quotes From Brandi Carlile Cousins are forever and forever are cousins they stand by your side for you no matter what. Brandi Carlile your-side cousin forever 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. Brandi Carlile guitar writing song I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing. Brandi Carlile voice feels 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. Brandi Carlile wine air sleep So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the only problem but there's got to be a reason that a martial artist can harness enough peace to smash his head through a cinder block without leaving a scratch. Brandi Carlile block stress artist I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even lose something. Brandi Carlile growing writing believe 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 daughter fishing animal 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. Brandi Carlile fuel opportunity world Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. Brandi Carlile complacency privilege sometimes Even before I had a daughter, I was passionate about global women's issues, but now that she's here, I'm even more inspired to leave a better world for Evangeline. Brandi Carlile issues passionate daughter It's really important to me to promote worthy causes. But not in a heavy, obligatory, responsibility way. I really admired that as a kid, learning about the 'Elton John AIDS Foundation.' And I was obsessed with The Indigo Girls. And they are the consummate activist group, always reaching out, especially to Native causes and things like that. Brandi Carlile me learning responsibility way I think I was probably looking for gay role models when I was younger, before I even knew or thought I was gay. I didn't really make the connection that they were gay, but I felt drawn to them because they were going against the grain, and I knew there was something that they had that everybody else didn't have. It was an edge. Brandi Carlile looking thought think gay I'm really tough. It's a state of mind. Brandi Carlile really state tough mind When I turned 30, I started to feel all those miles. At times, you want to turn the faucet off a bit, but I never want to stop traveling. That's what it's all about - taking the music to the people. Brandi Carlile feel you music people When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my influences, songwriters that had written songs before me and that were more experienced and 20, 30 years older than me. Brandi Carlile more just me writing When we were doing 'Live at Benaroya,' the song 'I Will' was hard to get through. I've always get a big lump in my throat when I sing that song. And also 'Before It Breaks.' So I'm just a different songwriter now. And the older I get, the more difficult it becomes to deliver those songs casually. Brandi Carlile live will doing song 'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs. Brandi Carlile sing will church special The hardest thing about being on the road is not being with my animals. Brandi Carlile animals road being hardest
