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 Copy Share Image
I definitely love performing live because there are moments of spontaneity. And as much as you're performing on stage, I feel like… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I try, in the present, to not exalt the past because I think that's such a way of diminishing the present. And… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think that the most well-intentioned, optimistic, creative people often live for the moment, and for 'Portlandia,' our goals were always very… — 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
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)