Song Quotes by Brandi Carlile

12 Song quotes by Brandi Carlile

Carlile’s take on a song feels like a warm, lived‑in confession. With a dozen concise insights, she offers a sincere entry point for readers who want to feel the earnest storytelling that defines her work.

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I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

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I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about…

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My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

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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…

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People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is…

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I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to…

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It's impossible to just come up with one thing that I could say to the world. That's why I've spent my life…

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I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as…

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I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I…

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If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write…

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When we were doing 'Live at Benaroya,' the song 'I Will' was hard to get through. I've always get a big lump…

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You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first…

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So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen…

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Bear the burdens of others, but don't put them in your pocket too.

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