Meredith Brooks Quotes
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I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.
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My eyes change colors, which is why you guys have never been able to figure it out.
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I grabbed my drummer's cymbal in my teeth just as he crashed down on it with his sticks-I blacked out. I was a punk in those days. It was in Seattle. I still have all my teeth too, it's amazing.
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I first met Hanson over in Japan and they gave me some great advice about the fans and they seem real down to earth. They're great.
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I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.
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Find your authentic voice, become vulnerable, and then put yourself out there.
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I think if you're doing alcohol and drugs, the chances of you surviving this kind of a pace are next to nothing. I live an extremely healthy life.
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I quickly learned to take anger and use it to motivate me. My sister ran away from home, and she was my world. And that was that. The guitar became my world.
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I want to embrace all of this: touring, going to Europe, Canada, Australia. I want to travel the world, just have a great hang, and hopefully, be a messenger.
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My worst vice is also my best vice. It's my empathy and my love for people-it can wear me out. I rarely can turn a person in need down or because I love people, I love energy.
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Twenty years from now, I hope I'm consistently in my life, in the zone. I have seen the next year before.
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If we didn't live in a society that told us we're not OK if we're not making 100 grand a year, I think we'd all be a lot happier.
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I don't think science is totally true, because I've seen miracles happen through prayer.
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I believe you can remember the future as much as the past
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My mentoring program is pretty specific, it's about self-empowerment, about being able to find solutions through teamwork. That's one of my first goals.
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When I lived in Seattle and Oregon, we partied, which is a large reason I don't know drugs or alcohol now because I saw the Destruction of so many great musicians and artists.
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I can write songs without a guitar.
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My favorite color is purple. I have a huge velvet purple comforter on my bed.
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I classify myself as a student and a teacher. This year, I'm back into the student. I try to stay balanced. I learn so much every time I walk about my door.
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I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.
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The Graces was a great experience; it's great working with women, but we weren't put together in an organic way, and I think that's why we didn't stay together. There wasn't that natural friendship.
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My favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. I love the fairy tale of it. And Gone With the Wind was always one of my favorites because it's so dramatic and stunning.
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The Eagles, let's face it, they were a pretty cool group, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie. I had this really eclectic background in music.
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When I was a kid in Eugene, Oregon, there was this fantastic guitar player who went out on the tables, chairs, out in the audience and played. So I started taking my guitar in the audience. I tripped, fell backwards and ripped my pants.
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It's just that only now are women coming around, and when someone as striking as Alanis or Sheryl Crow comes out, the public just needs something to compare it to.
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Everything I read about me is what I say. The way I've come across is exactly who I am. So far, they haven't skewed it to be one way or another too much.
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I don't mean that to be egotistical, but I'm not writing fluff. I'm not writing for 8-year-olds. I'm a woman and I'm a rock girl.
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I'm a humanist. I'm an observer. I have a very scientific mind. I believe metaphysics and science absolutely blended are more the truth for me. It doesn't work just believing in what somebody says.
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I think people are basically unhappy working their jobs, and we all need to have that thing that gets our juices flowing.
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I know my ambitions are big, but you've got to have something after rock and roll.
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