Best 27 quotes of Edie Brickell on MyQuotes

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.

And being alone is the best way to be When I'm by myself it's the best way to be When I'm all alone it's the best way to be When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye

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

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

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.

Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.

He made me mess the song up when I looked at him... We can show the kids the tape and say, "Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.

I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

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.

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!

I'll protect myself by making up all this crazy stuff. It'll be like a little shell. Like an Easter egg shell that's all decorated.

I'm filling in all the negative spaces with positively everything.

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

It's hard to believe that you're really here, so I just pretend that you're not here.

I was seeing people that were older who didn't create any kind of foundation in their lives, and it scared me to death.

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!

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

Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.

Religion is a light in the fog.

She smiles at her reflection in a spoon.

There's nothing I hate more than nothing.

There's nothing I hate more than nothing. Nothing keeps me up at night. I toss and turn over nothing. Nothing could cause a great big fight.

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.

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

When I'm all alone, nobody else can say goodbye.

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

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