Song Wrote Quotes by Courtney Barnett

I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.

— Courtney Barnett

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

— Courtney Barnett

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

— Courtney Barnett

I just get bored really quickly and want to push myself to the next level.

— Courtney Barnett

When I was a teen, or like 18 to early 20s, I used to go to festivals all the time. I'd save all my money.

— Courtney Barnett

Smoke Ring for My Halo was the first album I bought of Kurt's Vile, and when I first listened to "Peeping Tomboy" I was…

— Courtney Barnett

I have a normal life; I don't do anything crazy.

— Courtney Barnett

People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find…

— Courtney Barnett

I hate going anywhere. I'm really excited to travel and play all these different places, but if I had it my way, I would…

— Courtney Barnett

I don't like to overcook songs.

— Courtney Barnett

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

— Courtney Barnett

"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I was struggling…

— Courtney Barnett

You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.

— Courtney Barnett

If I write something down, it's normally just a sharp one-liner.

— Courtney Barnett

The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.

— Courtney Barnett