On Sunday night, our next guest won three Grammy awards
and delivered one of the most talked about performances
of the night.
Please, welcome the amazing Brandi Carlile!
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - THE JOKE]
(SINGING) You're feeling nervous, aren't you, boy?
With your quiet voice
and impeccable style.
Don't ever let 'em steal your joy,
and your gentle ways,
to keep 'em from running wild.
They can kick dirt in your face,
dress you down,
and tell you that your place is in the middle
when they hate the way you shine.
I see you tugging on your shirt,
trying to hide inside of it,
and hide how much it hurts.
You let 'em laugh while they can.
Let 'em spin.
Let 'em scatter in the wind.
I have been to the movies;
I've seen how it ends,
and the joke's on them.
You get discouraged, don't you, girl?
It is your brother's world,
for a while longer.
You gotta dance with the devil on a river to beat the stream.
Call it living the dream;
call it kicking the ladder.
They come to kick dirt in your face,
to call you weak,
and then displace you,
after carrying your baby on your back across the desert.
I see your eyes behind your hair,
and you're looking tired,
but you don't look scared.
You let 'em laugh while they can.
Let 'em spin.
Let them scatter in the wind.
I have been to the movies;
I've seen how it ends,
and the joke's on them.
Oh!
Oh, yeah.
You let 'em live while they can.
Let 'em spin.
Let 'em scatter in the wind.
I have been to the movies;
I've seen how it ends,
And the joke's
on--
[DRAMATIC PAUSE]
-- (SINGING) them!
Oooh!
[APPLAUSE]
Yes!
[CROWD CHEERING]
All right.
So you-- I was so happy to see how
that room of all these amazing people
responded to your performance Sunday night.
Tell everyone a little bit of your speech
that you gave when you won your Grammy.
Well, I mean it--
--one of three.
[LAUGHTER]
And she was the most nominated female artist.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]
I basically just outlined, that I came out of the closet
when I was
14-years-old because of you, and just
never attended any parties, or was never invited
to a dance, or anything like that.
And I basically said that to be embraced
by such an enduring and loving community
was the dance of a lifetime.
And it really was.
Yeah.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUSE]
And it's a brave thing to do too.
I mean, most people that are performing,
and they worry about their career,
so it's a brave thing for you to be open and out.
And you're going to play Madison Square Garden.
Yes.
How cool is that?
That's the kind of thing, I mean,
when you're sitting in your bedroom with your guitar,
and you're 17-years-old, you don't
think you're ever going to play Madison Square Garden,
but you can hope.
And I mean, it is going to be an unfathomable dream for me.
Yeah.
I hope you come.
Yeah.
Well, if I can, I will.
Awesome.
I love you.
I think you're amazing.
I love you, too.
All right.
Go to Spotify to stream all of Brandi's music.
Everyone in audience is getting a copy of her CD, By the way,
I forgive you.
Be right back.