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. – Edie Brickell
Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste. – Edie Brickell
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. Thats not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after. – Edie Brickell
I can make dressing – or stuffing. Yall call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. Its really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that. – Edie Brickell
Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Weldings a mystery to me now. You cant go back, your life changes every day. – Billy Connolly