Edie Brickell

My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!

We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.

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

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.

I think the New Bohemians' inability to say no was a big part of our problem.

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