I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
There's lots of interesting stuff happening in the world. Lots of good and bad things, and there's interest in music still, which… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I've never really had a certain style of music in mind that I make, or am really adamant on how something should… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I don't really feel like a rock artist, but I guess in the small category of the world of music genres, that's… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I reckon that growing up, listening to so much different music, I think over time I just kind of sucked it all… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
What's funny about the slacker thing, people project an image of what they think a musician is: young, slack, unemployed - like… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
I just get bored really quickly and want to push myself to the next level. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
When I was a teen, or like 18 to early 20s, I used to go to festivals all the time. I'd save all my money. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
Smoke Ring for My Halo was the first album I bought of Kurt's Vile, and when I first listened to "Peeping Tomboy" I was… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
I hate going anywhere. I'm really excited to travel and play all these different places, but if I had it my way, I would… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I was struggling… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. — Courtney Barnett Copy Share
