If you were wanting to get into Brandi Carlile and wanted to just start out with her most recent album, you’re looking for Returning to Myself. It contains gems such as:
“So many people called me codependent in the past four years that I have developed a genuine complex about it. But as I sit here and reflect on it, I actually think being codependent is fine and finding yourself is fine as long as you return to some sort of community at the end of it.”
“The world is complicated and difficult, but as we fight for a better world we have to find a way to be present.”
“Sometimes my wife is complicated, but I really really love her.”
“I remember what it was like to enter complicated adulthood and I’m reaching the point where it won’t be long until my kids are at that same point. It’s sad and hopeful at the same time.”
“Marriage and love over time evolve into a series of purposeful choices.”
“F*ck the GOP and Christian nationalism.”
“I love and am endlessly intimidated by Jon* Mitchell.”
“My kids are becoming their own people, which is simultaneously making me so proud and so sad.”
“There is a special love and understanding between friends and family who you have been through life with that can’t be replaced.”
“I’m at my midlife crisis and have finally really reconciled with my youth. I wouldn’t change the past for this current reality and finite future we are growing into together.”
