Edie Brickell

“You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I need to go outside. I wouldn't say I'm an outdoors person, but I like to go outside.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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!”

“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!”

“Geffen was never supportive of the band.”

“You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently.”

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

“I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem.”

“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.”

“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!”