Song Quotes by Carrie Brownstein

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

— Carrie Brownstein

These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked.

— Carrie Brownstein

I have no desire to play music unless I need music.

— Carrie Brownstein

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

Once you're away from music, I realize that's as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That's the part that takes…

— Carrie Brownstein

You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was…

— Carrie Brownstein

Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of…

— Carrie Brownstein

So much of my intention with songs is to voice a continual dissatisfaction, or at least to claw my way out of…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but…

— Carrie Brownstein

Music was a means through which I could meet people and sort of begin the process of exploring who I was or…

— Carrie Brownstein

After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking…

— Carrie Brownstein

It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me…

— Carrie Brownstein

In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes;…

— Carrie Brownstein

If your whole world of a band or music is taking place in a digital realm or on technological devices, it's all…

— Carrie Brownstein

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

When I was 16, 17 years old, I became aware of music coming out of Olympia, Wash., which is the state capitol…

— Carrie Brownstein

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by…

— Carrie Brownstein

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

Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or…

— Carrie Brownstein

The school systems at my childhood had enough money or enough parent involvement that they felt like learning music and songs, and…

— Carrie Brownstein

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

With so much of music blurring the lines between ersatz and authenticity, at least the 'Rock Band' game is a tribute to…

— Carrie Brownstein

I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music…

— Carrie Brownstein

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth it backed me up and shielded me,…

— Carrie Brownstein

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