Words matter. These are the best Edie Brickell Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
You’re just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you’re just narrating it with music, letting it move along.
I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical.
I need to go outside. I wouldn’t say I’m an outdoors person, but I like to go outside.
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.
Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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.
When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.
You feel like a prisoner if you don’t create. You’re jailed up inside of yourself.
But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.
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.
My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.
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!
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.
If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it’s not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you’re truly blessed. I think that’s where we are now.
But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.
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.
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.
