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Brandi Carlile Biography

Brandi M. Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American folk rock and Americana singer-songwriter. Born in Ravensdale, Washington, she dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, teaching herself piano and guitar. Her debut major label album, Brandi Carlile, was released to critical acclaim yet achieved limited commercial success. Carlile garnered wider recognition with her 2007 single "The Story", from her album of the same name. The Story was awarded gold status in 2017, having sold over 500,000 copies to date. Carlile's most successful album to date, The Firewatcher's Daughter, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200.

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All of these lines across my face, tell you the story of who I am. So many stories of where I've been and how I got to where I am.

Across, Lines, Stories, Tell, Who I Am

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

Voice, Feels, Sing, Thing, Like

If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to sing. So the gut feeling you're talking about comes from singing and communicating the lyrics and what it is that we feel.

Feeling, Guitar, Singing, Song, Writing

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.

Complacency, Privilege, Sometimes, Fear, Paralyze

I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I can either choose to stop and acknowledge it, or put it off and hope that it won't fade away. 'That Wasn't Me' is no exception - it came together more quickly than any other song I have ever constructed on my own.

Belief, Came, Choose, Exception, Song, Together

I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even lose something.

Believe, Growing, Like, Writing

Writing 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.

Feelings, People, Performing, Together, Verbally, Writing

I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people's songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.

Believe, Creativity, Intersect, Like, Snooty, Song

So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the only problem but there's got to be a reason that a martial artist can harness enough peace to smash his head through a cinder block without leaving a scratch.

Artist, Assume, Block, Martial, Stress

I have vocal trouble from time to time associated with sleep or wine! Or from sleeping in a bunk the size of a coffin and breathing in bus air conditioning all day.

Air, Size, Sleep, Sleeping, Wine

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.

Biggest, Glam Rock, Influences, Orchestrated, Rocks, Two

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.

Believe, Bend, Miss, Timeless, Vintage, Writing

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

Creator, Love, Purpose, Redeemer

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better time.

Chest, Pull, Records, Sitting, Song, Time

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U. S. A. , a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.

Girl, Kid, Kids, Models, Small, Years

I was born when I met you, now I'm dying to forget you

Born, Dying, Forget, Forget You, Met

The first thing I think of when I think about coming to Las Vegas and playing is always Elvis; its always the first thing on my mind.

Coming, Elvis, Mind, Thinking, Vegas

I'd love to claim the title of 'songwriter' or 'intellectual,' but the truth is that anything that I ever learned how to do in conjunction with music was purely so that I would have a platform to sing from.

Claim, Intellectual, Platform, Title, Titles, Truth Is

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.

Can'T Change, Know, Momma, People, Unless

You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you're standing in the eye.

Dance, Eye, Hurricanes, Standing

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