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I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics.

Meredith Brooks

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Meredith Brooks
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 12
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Oregon City
Oregon
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Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People.
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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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Everything I'm doing now is something I did before, only it's bigger now.
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My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me
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My favorite color is purple. I have a huge velvet purple comforter on my bed.
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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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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 believe you can remember the future as much as the past
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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 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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