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 Quotes by Brandi Carlile More Quotes From Brandi Carlile 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 lines who-i-am stories But I'm warning you, we're growing up. Brandi Carlile growing growing-up warning 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 Carlile complacency soul country The purpose of it all is love. Brandi Carlile purpose You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye. Brandi Carlile hurricanes standing eye 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. Brandi Carlile powerful people thinking Wherever is your heart I call home. Brandi Carlile home heart When I was younger, I was always running into other girls involved in music. When I was about 14 or 15, one of my friend's dads was an Elvis impersonator and asked us to sing backups at a rehearsal. I did well and was hired. Did that for about two years. Brandi Carlile dad girl running 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 love-life issues gay You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took. Brandi Carlile life-lesson divorce first-love Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling verbally communal with other people. It's out there and I feel so much better about it. Brandi Carlile feelings writing people People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song. Brandi Carlile stories song people The oppression of women is the single most corrosive and urgent problem of our time. Brandi Carlile our-time oppression problem The mole can't live in your dollhouse. Brandi Carlile dollhouses moles 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 issues our-world country Bear the burdens of others, but don't put them in your pocket too. Brandi Carlile burden pockets bears I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt. Brandi Carlile heartfelt singing thinking 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 titles truth-is intellectual I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans. Brandi Carlile gay kids thinking Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life. Brandi Carlile coffee fishing needs
