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

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Source : "Brandi Carlile on Her New Live Album, Admiration for Elton John and Thoughts on Lady Gaga". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 2, 2011.

Brandi Carlile

#Song Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“My religion is kindness.”
“My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life.”
“Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.”
“Calamus fortior gladio.”
“I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured,”
“More often than not, I'm worried about, where shouldn't we have music? Because the tendency is just to put everything everywhere all the time in a lot of movies. You end up just numbing the audience when you do that and it's not the best way to tell a story.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.”
“...the need for a garden of rare palms and vines and ornamental trees and shrubs which would be near enough to a growing city to form a quiet place where children with their elders could peer, as it were, into those fascinating jungles and palm glades of the tropics which have for generations stimulated the imaginations of American youth.”

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