Brandi Carlile
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.Collection: Daughter
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.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Block
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.Collection: Song
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.Collection: Wine
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.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Years
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.Collection: Art
Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.Collection: Complacency
I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people's songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.Collection: Song
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.Collection: Stories