I'll protect myself by making up all this crazy stuff. It'll be like a little shell. Like an Easter egg shell that's all decorated. Edie Brickell More Quotes by Edie Brickell More Quotes From Edie Brickell What I am is what I am. Are you what you are - or what? Edie Brickell I'm filling in all the negative spaces with positively everything. Edie Brickell filling-in space negative I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that. Edie Brickell family-love grandchildren food We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no. Edie Brickell enough young people Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep. Edie Brickell shallow choke water He made me mess the song up when I looked at him... We can show the kids the tape and say, "Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other." Edie Brickell eye song kids A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me. Edie Brickell song beautiful dirty I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem. Edie Brickell inability problem thinking There's nothing I hate more than nothing. Nothing keeps me up at night. I toss and turn over nothing. Nothing could cause a great big fight. Edie Brickell hate fighting night You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself. Edie Brickell prisoner freedom feels You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently. Edie Brickell done wish looks My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat! Edie Brickell kitchen grandmother looks We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records. Edie Brickell never energy play death No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after. Edie Brickell alone great blessed long I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them! Edie Brickell make big sweet love Geffen was never supportive of the band. Edie Brickell never supportive band But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn. Edie Brickell something band spirit writing And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It's like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders. Edie Brickell feel long-time time long
