These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With Sleater-Kinney, we have a lot of earnest fans, and we were an earnest band. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
In the realm of fakery, I would choose 'Rock Band' over 'American Idol' or over any of the other flimsy truths masquerading… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the 'Rock Band' game is a tribute to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
What I appreciate about Sleater-Kinney is that we did six records, and they all felt different. It was a band that was… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think that there's always an assumption, when a band goes on hiatus or stops playing, that there's some acrimony brewing under… — Carrie Brownstein 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 Copy Share Image
'Wii Music' elevates the scope of music video games by moving beyond commentary on what music is - as 'Rock Band' and… — Carrie Brownstein 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
One summer, when I was elementary-school age, my neighbors and I built guitars and keyboards out of scrap wood, painted them in… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Sleater-Kinney is a band that we hold close to our hearts as well; it's not something that we're cynical or jaded about.… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or that an… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of wonderful comics that leave you hanging in a state of apprehension or anxiety before alleviating that tension with… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
There was a clarity to the Nineties. It was pre-9/11, before that anxiety kicked in that exists right now about the financial crisis or… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think people would describe a lot of Sleater-Kinney as unsettling. And I don't think our best moments have sonic assonance to them. I… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever. — Carrie Brownstein 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 all that… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes.… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
![“[I hate] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes. Or the ways that people want their neighborhoods and restaurants curated in a way that's really tailored to them. Growing up with someone who was living by these…” quote by Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c7b/carrie-brownstein-1580_allergic_i-hate-the-ways-that-people-want-their-s_154917.jpg)