BrookeFraser - Flags Interview 2011

Brooke Fraser chats about her new album called ,,Flags'' , producing and touring at SXSW - ENJOY !!!

My favorite part is the end of the interview that is not fully showed here:

So my final question is this: What has been the best rock goddess moment in your career so far?

BF: That probably happened, actually, only about a week and a half ago. This is a bit therapeutic but cathartic here... for a long time, I felt like I needed to apologize for what I did, partly maybe because of the culture I grew up in. In New Zealand there's a thing called "Tall Poppy Syndrome", so we love the hardworking underdog, but success isn't celebrated like it is, say, in America. "Success, achievement = America!" Which is great, but it's not the culture I come from, so I always felt a little bit embarrassed, a bit "Don't think you're too good. Don't try to get too big for your boots," that whole thing. And to be honest, this year, 2011, is the first year that I've gone: "Screw it. This is an amazing opportunity, and I'm young and I can do this, and there are people coming to my shows and it's amazing."
And about a week and a half ago, in Auckland, we played the final show of a 19-show run in my home country of New Zealand, and there were 6,500 people outdoors at a winery in the pouring rain, and I played the best show of my life. And I felt that, for the first time in my life, I had stopped apologizing and that I was fully owning that this is who I am and this is what I do.

So in many ways, I feel that I am just beginning. I've been doing it for a little while, but I feel like I'm at the beginning, and that's really exciting.

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[1stinkywizzleteets]

I think a brooke fraser ryan adams duet would be pretty sweet.

[MusiqueCabalteja]

brooke fraser!

[sophiejoymadison]

Not perfect? ha ha I think its the best yet!

[thearshaka]

what an amazing singing of songs really she is awesome...... i love her :}

[MaddieEP101]

wow! I'm soo proud of her success! And how she is still really humble and beautifully composed about it! She was my inspiration to start writing songs :) I owe my passion for music and songwriting to her! It's awesome to see that her kiwi accent hasn't strayed too far away either :) Love Brooke <3

[ratujr]

@SammieLammie123 coachella to brooke is when she went to the coachella festival and came into realization again of her passion for music and singing.

[dzlor]

So amazing to see her grow!!!

[GracePattie]

She's beautiful, inside and out. My idol :)

[annasophiabebe]

@SammieLammie123 coachella is actually a music festival in california which is held in the coachella valley. it is the name of the town. but if you want a literal meaning of it look it up on google.

[SammieLammie123]

If anyone knows what "Coachella" means please send me a message. Ive been looking up videoos of her interviews ssearching for the answer. And i cannot figure it out.. So if u know what it means please tell me.