My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.
Brandi CarlileEven before I had a daughter, I was passionate about global women's issues, but now that she's here, I'm even more inspired to leave a better world for Evangeline.
Brandi CarlileYou can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.
Brandi CarlileWriting is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling verbally communal with other people. It's out there and I feel so much better about it.
Brandi CarlileYou know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took.
Brandi Carlile