Meredith Brooks

Every emotion that I had over the last three years pretty much had to be put on hold.

— Meredith Brooks

Mackie is an electronics recording company backing me, and they're willing to invest giving equipment to schools that I choose, and they've…

— Meredith Brooks

When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because…

— Meredith Brooks

I had a very sexual experience onstage once. But I won't go there.

— Meredith Brooks

I was looking at the setlist backstage and I just said, 'Oh my God, the first six songs nobody's gonna know.' But…

— Meredith Brooks

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when…

— Meredith Brooks

I think if you're doing alcohol and drugs, the chances of you surviving this kind of a pace are next to nothing.…

— Meredith Brooks

“So take me as I am This may mean You'll have to be a stronger man Rest assured that When I start…

— Meredith Brooks

Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.

— Meredith Brooks

I quickly learned to take anger and use it to motivate me. My sister ran away from home, and she was my…

— Meredith Brooks

You don't realize 'till you get here what a moment in history you're a part of.

— Meredith Brooks

Everything I'm doing now is something I did before, only it's bigger now.

— Meredith Brooks

A long term goal is to encourage students to start doing concerts in which I or the other artists will come back…

— Meredith Brooks

I've come up against a few challenges. I've just taken them on with a really pure energy. I'm not out to change…

— Meredith Brooks

I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics.

— Meredith Brooks

The most spiritual place you can be in your life is when you're being very real, when you're not allowing everybody and…

— Meredith Brooks

I've started a project called Planet Art. The purpose will be to remind people where I really believe we came from, which…

— Meredith Brooks

Growing up in the Northwest, I did play in an all-girl band. I snuck into clubs. No one ever questioned or thought…

— Meredith Brooks

The Graces was a great experience; it's great working with women, but we weren't put together in an organic way, and I…

— Meredith Brooks

“I'm a bitch, I'm a tease I'm a goddess on my knees When you hurt, when you suffer I'm your angel undercover…

— Meredith Brooks

It's just that only now are women coming around, and when someone as striking as Alanis or Sheryl Crow comes out, the…

— Meredith Brooks

My favorite color is purple. I have a huge velvet purple comforter on my bed.

— Meredith Brooks

I have so many plans! Sometimes it's hard to keep up because at this point it's just been me and the little…

— Meredith Brooks

Whatever it is that you love to do, be it collect comic books or play the guitar, that you can make a…

— Meredith Brooks

I'm a humanist. I'm an observer. I have a very scientific mind. I believe metaphysics and science absolutely blended are more the…

— Meredith Brooks