I think what's wrong with too many people is they're too reserved. They're miserable, but they don't want to talk about it.

- Brittany Howard

You play with the audience, and they play back with you. They get into it, and then everybody gets into it. I don't want to be like a monkey on stage and just go through the motions because then it wouldn't be fun anymore. I just pay attention to the audience and appreciate the fact that somebody wants to see us. That gets me psyched.

- Brittany Howard

When I picture England, I picture little gardens and beautiful yards. I don't really like cities; I like to go and see things like that.

- Brittany Howard

To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.

- Brittany Howard

The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs.

- Brittany Howard

Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.

- Brittany Howard

Oh, man, I love the Staple Singers. I love Pop Staples' guitar playing, too. He's one of my favorite guitar players.

- Brittany Howard

My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.

- Brittany Howard

It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.

- Brittany Howard

I'm homesick all the time. I miss my animals. I miss my family. I miss my friends.

- Brittany Howard

I was a strange kid. I'm still strange. People didn't get me. And I didn't expect them to.

- Brittany Howard

I'm a huge fan of dystopian films. I collect them in my brain.

- Brittany Howard

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible.

- Brittany Howard

I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.

- Brittany Howard

I don't think I sound like Janis Joplin. I'm a woman with a raspy voice.

- Brittany Howard

Freddie Mercury inspired me when I was young.

- Brittany Howard

Even if nobody cared, I'm still gonna make music.

- Brittany Howard

Contacts would bother me. I'm just not that used to them. I think glasses are a great accessory.

- Brittany Howard

By the time I'm 35, I'll probably want to have a family. I'd be happy doing that, teaching my kids to do the right things, to do good things.

- Brittany Howard

An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.

- Brittany Howard