the thing

What was the thing she gave them that they wanted?

The thing that’s surprising, I’m basing it on personal conversations I’ve had with tons of musicians through the years, is that our album gave some musicians the permission to pursue a wider artistic vision.

Because the thing that you love inverts on you.

“I was starting to talk to political people and I don’t think politics is the thing that I wanted to examine,” Brooks says.

“But if you look at polling and you ask people, what are their top five issues, this issue does not come up. It’s usually not ranked in their top five. It’s not a priority issue. But here’s the thing, when you have conversations with voters, they will tell you things like, ‘if you can’t be honest about what we saw with our own eyes, how can I expect you to have my back?’”