Edie Brickell Quotes

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'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean.

Religion is a smile on a dog.

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

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

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

Religion is a light in the fog.

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.

There's nothing I hate more than nothing.

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."

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

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.

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

Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

She smiles at her reflection in a spoon.

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.

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

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