Brandi Carlile Quotes
When we were doing 'Live at Benaroya,' the song 'I Will' was hard to get through. I've always get a big lump in my throat when I sing that song. And also 'Before It Breaks.' So I'm just a different songwriter now. And the older I get, the more difficult it becomes to deliver those songs casually.
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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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I was not so interested in night-after-night coverage of Michael Jackson's death or Britney Spears' latest breakdown - topics that were 'breaking news' at the time.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.
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It is one of the most important parts of my job, showing that you can't do it all.
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My long hair and the sideburns made me stand out, really, because my hairstyle was completely different to the other footballers of that era.
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My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.
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The case for my life... is this: that I have added something to knowledge, and helped others to add more
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My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.
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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 in my throat when I sing that song. And also 'Before It Breaks.' So I'm just a different songwriter now. And the older I get, the more difficult it becomes to deliver those songs casually.
