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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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!

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• 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!

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• I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical.

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• 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!

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• Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.

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• 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.

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• But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.

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• Geffen was never supportive of the band.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I need to go outside. I wouldn’t say I’m an outdoors person, but I like to go outside.

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• I think the New Bohemians’ inability to say no was a big part of our problem.

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• My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

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• You can look back at anything and wish you’d done something differently.

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• You feel like a prisoner if you don’t create. You’re jailed up inside of yourself.

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Edie Brickell (23)

Birth:	10th March, 1966
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer

About

Edie Arlisa Brickell was born in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas. She is an American guitarist, lyricist, and singer. She known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. As a solo artist, Brickell released Picture Perfect Morning and Volcano. In 2011, she wrote the title track "The Meaning of Life" for Tamar Halpern's film Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. Love Has Come For You was released on April 23, 2013.

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