Edie Brickell

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. ”

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

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. ”

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

Geffen was never supportive of the band. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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! ”

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. ”

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