Carrie Brownstein

I need a template of a template

— Carrie Brownstein

I'm a huge Quasi fan.

— Carrie Brownstein

Kissing is kind of scary.

— Carrie Brownstein

I've always felt unclaimed.

— Carrie Brownstein

I willed myself into being.

— Carrie Brownstein

I loved 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith.

— Carrie Brownstein

I'm such a big fan of 'The Bachelor.'

— Carrie Brownstein

I don't want to mislead people.

— Carrie Brownstein

I love coffee. I love a midday espresso on set, just for the energy.

— Carrie Brownstein

I have really never aligned myself with hipsterdom or coolness.

— Carrie Brownstein

My sister's great. She's very bright; she's very private.

— Carrie Brownstein

I like playing someone with a certain stability at the periphery of the madness.

— Carrie Brownstein

If you always want to look relevant, just be CGI-prepared.

— Carrie Brownstein

My father wasn't just taciturn - it was like he didn't want to be heard.

— Carrie Brownstein

I associate Taylor Swift with some pretty kinky stuff.

— Carrie Brownstein

Just invest in apps. Just download apps and then pay yourself the dividend.

— Carrie Brownstein

The process of coming out, as much as other people want to couch it in terms of politics, it's a very personal…

— Carrie Brownstein

I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.

— Carrie Brownstein

I'm interested in the crevices, and the grotesque, and the unsavory. That started out when I was young... I've never quite been…

— Carrie Brownstein

I really like sardonicism and wit. I love the writing of Joy Williams and Lorrie Moore. I like Tina Fey, Amy Schumer.

— Carrie Brownstein

For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.

— Carrie Brownstein

When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs.

— Carrie Brownstein

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to…

— Carrie Brownstein

I wish I'd lived in New York in my early twenties. Or learned to speak more languages at a young age. I…

— Carrie Brownstein

Practice. Learn and then unlearn - that's the trick in finding your own style of playing. You can't merely emulate, you have…

— Carrie Brownstein

I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to…

— Carrie Brownstein

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high…

— Carrie Brownstein

I really feel like social media - it's like all these tiny stages that you put yourself on. And you come to…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've never been in another kind of midlife crisis. I don't know what it feels like when you're through that, but I…

— Carrie Brownstein

'Wii Music' elevates the scope of music video games by moving beyond commentary on what music is - as 'Rock Band' and…

— Carrie Brownstein

I like how blogging emulates fandom because it's so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and…

— Carrie Brownstein

Florida is such an unlikely place for a band, unless you're an emo or hardcore band. In terms of the touring route,…

— Carrie Brownstein

Even if, personally, I'm in a place of contentment or solidity, I feel like it's hard not to look out into American…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've honestly always been an overly analytical, highly observant person. I was playing music but thinking about it at same time, which…

— Carrie Brownstein

You'd hope that no writing about music could supersede the music itself. But I do think that blogs mirror the way that…

— Carrie Brownstein

It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've…

— Carrie Brownstein

“Despite my lack of sophistication or maturity, I was headstrong. My sense of possibility and certainty made me focused. I had blinders…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've always been a fan first and foremost - obsessing over bands and seeking out bands, and spending hours and hours listening.…

— Carrie Brownstein

I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People…

— Carrie Brownstein

[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions…

— Carrie Brownstein