18 Brandi Carlile Quotes for You to Enjoy

Brandi Carlile

American Musician

Born: Jun 1, 1981

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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

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My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro. Brandi Carlile

Advice Broader Embrace New Concept Retro Timelessness Than Artists Vintage

Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I've played so many shows in Colorado that I think I'm the Colorado house band. Brandi Carlile

Band Think Oasis Colorado House Mountain Place Many Shows Played

I love fishing, any kind of fishing. Brandi Carlile

Love Kind Fishing Any

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

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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

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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

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My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. Brandi Carlile

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People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6, 7 years old. Brandi Carlile

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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

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I'm really tough. It's a state of mind. Brandi Carlile

Mind Tough State Really

Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over. Brandi Carlile

Singing Meditation Only Over Command Form Apparently

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

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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

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The hardest thing about being on the road is not being with my animals. Brandi Carlile

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