As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When it comes to music, we should be hoping for as outlandish a Republican candidate as we can get. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
In the early and mid 1990s, every musician I knew was obsessed with Helium. The 'Pirate Prude' EP and 'Pat's Trick' played… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes;… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Music was a means through which I could meet people and sort of begin the process of exploring who I was or… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become… — Carrie Brownstein 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 Copy Share Image
In the high-stakes and elitist world of music collecting and fandom, we operate from an ab ovo perspective. The seed, the first… — 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
I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons that we are able to actually keep making music that we want to make, and that… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true. — 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
With music, I get to a much darker place. Where I'm able to go with 'Portlandia' has a wider range, but also… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it… — 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
I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was… — 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 Copy Share Image
I've noticed that as someone who has done music and creative things in Washington state and Portland, to kind of toot your… — 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
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