89 Quotes by Brandi Carlile

Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life.

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane.

There is a creator and a redeemer, and the purpose of it all is love.

But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should sound like a live show.

There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.

The oppression of women is the single most corrosive and urgent problem of our time.

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes. But the less vulnerable we are because of privilege, the country we're born in, or the security we enjoy, the more vulnerable our souls are to apathy.

I love fishing, any kind of fishing.

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.