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Brittany Howard
American
Musician
Born:
Oct 2
,
1988
Guitar
Me
Music
People
Time
You
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Contacts would bother me. I'm just not that used to them. I think glasses are a great accessory.
Brittany Howard
Great
Me
Glasses
Think
Would
Bother
Contacts
Accessory
Just
Them
Used
I'm a huge fan of dystopian films. I collect them in my brain.
Brittany Howard
Films
Collect
Brain
Huge
Huge Fan
Fan
Dystopian
Them
Once, right before a show, I realized I'd forgotten shoes. I didn't want to wear my flip-flops onstage because I could trip. I ended up going barefoot, which actually worked out because it became my 'thing.'
Brittany Howard
Before
Shoes
Barefoot
Once
Out
Wear
Trip
Could
Onstage
Became
Because
Up
Ended
Going
Forgotten
Want
Which
Realized
Worked
Show
Actually
Right
Thing
I don't care what you're playing. You can be playing EDM music. Well, guess what? That came out in the early '80s. There's no way to be original. All you can do is put yourself into it and do the best you can.
Brittany Howard
Music
Best
You
Be Original
Yourself
Care
Guess
Way
Out
Put
Well
Came
Original
Early
Playing
I'm just really impressed by oil paintings - I don't see how people do it! That's the style I like: classic oil paintings. Abstract art just isn't my thing.
Brittany Howard
Abstract Art
Art
People
Style
See
Classic
Abstract
Like
How
Impressed
Just
Oil
Really
Paintings
Thing
I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.
Brittany Howard
You
Respect
Own
Identity
Lot
Get
Artist
Artists
Prefer
Your
Even
Compared
Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.
Brittany Howard
Time
Day
Out
One Time
All-Out
Onstage
I was a handful as a kid. I get bored easily. Now I'm pretty chill compared to back then. When I'm on the road, I watch Netflix and, at home, relax or fish.
Brittany Howard
Home
Chill
Relax
Back
Kid
Easily
Bored
Pretty
Netflix
Road
Fish
Handful
Get
Then
Compared
Now
Watch
I was a strange kid. I'm still strange. People didn't get me. And I didn't expect them to.
Brittany Howard
Me
Strange
People
Kid
Still
Expect
Get
Them
I have a terrible lifestyle. And I don't really see it changing. Maybe in 10 years I'll see it differently - I'll want to see my great-grandchildren and live forever. But right now, young Brittany is not setting things up for old Brittany. And young Brittany does not care.
Brittany Howard
Old
Care
Young
Live
Setting
Changing
Brittany
See
Lifestyle
Terrible
Does
Years
Up
Forever
Maybe
Want
Really
Now
Differently
Right
Things
One of my favorite things about Tom Waits is not only his songs, but when he does do live shows, it's the theatrics involved. It's like Kabuki theater, really old-fashioned theatrics. Like, standing on top of a piece of plywood lying on some cinderblocks and clapping his hands, banging on a bucket.
Brittany Howard
Live
Lying
Top
Favorite
Favorite Things
Some
About
Only
Songs
Bucket
He
Like
Piece
Involved
Does
His
Waits
Hands
Banging
Theater
Really
Standing
Old-Fashioned
Shows
Live Shows
Tom
Tom Waits
Things
A song like 'Heartbreaker,' it's a song about learning - it's not necessarily a song about heartbreak. It's more than that. We write those songs to relive how we got over something.
Brittany Howard
Learning
Song
Those
About
Something
Relive
More
Write
Songs
Over
Like
Got
How
Heartbreak
Than
Necessarily
I love Jimi Hendrix obviously, and Jimmy Page and Prince. And also Elvis Presley is a really great guitar player. I don't think he ever took lessons; he was piecing it together himself. But he has great rhythm. And rhythm, to me, you can use it to your advantage if you're not all over the fretboard.
Brittany Howard
Love
Great
Me
You
Together
Guitar
Think
Took
Elvis
Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley
Jimmy
Guitar Player
He
Advantage
Over
Prince
Also
Obviously
Himself
Rhythm
Really
Page
Use
Your
Lessons
Hendrix
Ever
Player
I drink a ton of water a day and try to get as much sleep as possible. Sleep is the best way to restore your health. Never skip on sleep; it's crazy important.
Brittany Howard
Best
Health
Day
Crazy
Water
Try
Important
Way
Possible
Best Way
Restore
Drink
Never
Get
Much
Your
Skip
Ton
Sleep
For my band's debut tour in 2011, we road-tripped across the country in a 15-passenger van. It was the first time I'd left Alabama. I drove through scenery I'd only ever seen in calendars: auburn leaves falling in Vermont, the sun setting over purple mountains in Arizona. It was incredible.
Brittany Howard
Time
Seen
First
Country
Band
Mountains
Setting
Incredible
Sun
Van
Only
Scenery
Purple
Through
Tour
Arizona
Drove
Over
Calendars
First Time
Leaves
Vermont
Falling
Left
Debut
Across
Ever
Alabama
There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.
Brittany Howard
Myself
Song
Writing
Sit
Guess
Out
Would
Entertaining
Athens
Vocals
Having
Voice
No-One
Songs
Beats
Drum
Hours
Got
Doing
Hear
Lot
Trying
Same
Often
Just
So Much Fun
Different
Room
Much
Realizing
Fun
Whole
Ever
Started
Playing
I'm not that flashy in private; I'm usually pretty reserved. But on stage, it's about not being afraid of anything - of anyone judging you. It's one place you can be free. So why not sing as loud as you can, hoop and holler and jump around? A show is a moment. When it's done, it's over. I find that extremely liberating.
Brittany Howard
You
Free
Stage
Extremely
Liberating
Hoop
Find
Pretty
About
Over
Sing
Around
Judging
Private
Jump
Loud
Done
Afraid
Being
Anyone
Flashy
Anything
Being Afraid
Place
Show
Moment
Reserved
Why
Why Not
It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.
Brittany Howard
Music
You
Important
Classical
Classical Music
Environment
Understand
How
Listen
Dynamics
Create
Help
Helps
Imaginative
To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.
Brittany Howard
Music
Me
You
Types
Musician
Lot
Listen
Different
Interested
Then
Should
Different Types
I've had some terrible jobs, but working in a kitchen at Cracker Barrel is probably the worst I've ever had. I was a grill cook - awful! It wasn't the smell, it was the people. The music, too. We had to be 'country fresh,' so they played this terrible country music eight hours during the shift. It was a bleak existence - a very dark time.
Brittany Howard
Music
Time
People
Dark
Country
Smell
Too
Worst
Jobs
Dark Time
Some
Kitchen
Had
Bleak
Country Music
Hours
Terrible
Fresh
Shift
Existence
Very
Cracker
Eight
Grill
Working
Cook
Barrel
Ever
Awful
Played
I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.
Brittany Howard
Others
Once
Had
Terrible
Parts
Were
Than
Grade
Just
Bigger
Third
My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.
Brittany Howard
Guitar
Chuck
Chuck Berry
Favorite
Berry
Guitar Players
Kinks
Dave
May
Brian
Players
The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs.
Brittany Howard
Time
Writing
Guitar
First
Out
Songs
Know
Learned
First Time
How
Just
Tune
Play
Started
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