Edie Brickell Quotes
"You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently."
- Edie Brickell
"You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself."
- Edie Brickell
"You're just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you're just narrating it with music, letting it move along."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Music, Mind, Will)
"We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: People)
"When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Music, Kids)
"And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It's like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Time)
"My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!"
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Food, Kitchen, World)
"I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical."
- Edie Brickell
"My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Son, Songs)
"No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Careers, Famous, Songs)
"We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Death, Energy, Play, Songs)
"If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Music, Fame, Luck, Now)
"A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Car, Guitar, Old, Songs, Woman)
"I need to go outside. I wouldn't say I'm an outdoors person, but I like to go outside."
- Edie Brickell
"But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Love, Music)
"I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!"
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Hope, Glory, Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday)
"I have taken the marshmallows off the sweet potatoes, however. They would make a big pan of sweet potatoes and cover it with marshmallows. My kids would love it if I would do that for them!"
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Love, Kids)
"I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Family, Love)
"Geffen was never supportive of the band."
- Edie Brickell
"But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Reason)
"But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn."
- Edie Brickell
(Related: Songs, Spirit, Writing)
"I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem."
- Edie Brickell