I Got Out There And I Was So Freaking Nervous As I’m Sure You Can Imagine I Would Be. I Don’t Think

I got out there and I was so freaking nervous as I’m sure you can imagine I would be. I don’t think I’ve ever done anything of that magnitude, and I looked out into the audience and saw one person standing up looking at me with total peace on her face, and it was Janelle Monae and it really touched me. I lost all my nervousness and just sang it to her, and then everybody else rose to follow her, and I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.

Brandi Carlile, 2019 Grammys backstage interview responding to a question about what went through her head when people rose to their feet during her performance of “The Joke” (via clarkeiminchargegriffin)