There's something about mean-spiritedness that has a way of distancing an audience. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I love James Baldwin's autobiographical writing. — Carrie Brownstein Autobiographical Copy Share Image
I love Joy Williams, Lorrie Moore: such great short-story writers. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
So many things can be filtered through fandom - joy, compassion, love. — Carrie Brownstein Compassion Copy Share Image
I think one of the scariest things about depression is that it exists along with the happiness and the joy, and it… — Carrie Brownstein Depression Copy Share Image
The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The Northwest, to make a generalization, is a fairly sensitive populace. Slightly self-conscious and very self-reflexive. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With sociolinguistics, after covering the basics of the field, I focused on discourse analysis. — Carrie Brownstein Analysis Copy Share Image
I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you… — Carrie Brownstein Alone Copy Share Image
Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful… — Carrie Brownstein Beautiful Copy Share Image
With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by… — Carrie Brownstein Artistry Copy Share Image
I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political… — Carrie Brownstein Actors Copy Share Image
The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust me that you don't feel glamorous with… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I get mad at myself when I get news from Twitter before I get it from a regular news source. Then I'm… — Carrie Brownstein Day Copy Share Image
I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When I was 16, 17 years old, I became aware of music coming out of Olympia, Wash., which is the state capitol… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense… — Carrie Brownstein Autonomy Copy Share Image
Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Wholeness is sort of a dubious concept. Because in terms of the human body and literal wholeness and structures, you think: "here… — Carrie Brownstein Alive Copy Share Image
To me, the grotesque is like a sonic manifestation of reality. I don't know how you could look out onto our world… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over… — Carrie Brownstein Ability Copy Share Image
I think it's very disheartening and undermining to focus on nostalgia or youthful sentimentality as the lens through which you view art… — Carrie Brownstein Alive Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is so certain: the sense of familiarity it instills makes us feel like we know ourselves, like we've lived. To get… — Carrie Brownstein Difficult task Copy Share Image
If I have a strong dislike for something, obviously that garners an equal amount of derision, towards me from the audience. And… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the intention of bands, especially in the last year, is to spread themselves out geographically and borrow… — Carrie Brownstein Bands Copy Share Image
The school systems at my childhood had enough money or enough parent involvement that they felt like learning music and songs, and… — Carrie Brownstein Algebra Copy Share Image
I think hypochondria always plays a part in the healthcare landscape. — Carrie Brownstein Healthcare Copy Share Image
Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity. — Carrie Brownstein Curiosity Copy Share Image
I guess the role of art is to make something that is ambiguous and complex. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The 'New York Times' is my homepage because it forces me to go right into the news. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
People are wearing fleece, which is a hard fabric to be angry in. — Carrie Brownstein Angry Copy Share Image
