Brandi Carlile People Quotations

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.

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.

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.

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.

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.