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title: "20 Way Quotes By Carrie Brownstein"
description: "20 Way quotes by Carrie Brownstein. Plus more from Carrie Brownstein and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [So much of my intention with songs is to voice a continual dissatisfaction, or at least to claw my way out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/so-much-of-my-intention-with-songs-is-to-voice-a-continual/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/from-a-self-conscious-standpoint-it-s-hard-to-see-myself-on-a-screen/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-feel-like-i-came-in-comedy-s-side-door-and-still-feel-very/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I try, in the present, to not exalt the past because I think that's such a way of diminishing the present. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-try-in-the-present-to-not-exalt-the-past-because-i-think-that-s/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-m-always-trying-to-encourage-people-not-to-limit-themselves-in-the/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-like-to-connect-with-people-through-my-work-that-s-my-favorite-way/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [There's something about mean-spiritedness that has a way of distancing an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/there-s-something-about-mean-spiritedness-that-has-a-way-of/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I think in some ways, whether you've ever actually been to Portland, people definitely understand this highly curated niche lifestyle, because a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-in-some-ways-whether-you-ve-ever-actually-been-to-portland/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/for-film-and-television-it-s-interesting-how-fans-feel-that-their/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [Celebrity culture is... it's not something that I'm attracted to. I guess I don't think of myself in that way, but potentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/celebrity-culture-is-it-s-not-something-that-i-m-attracted-to-i-guess/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/you-can-never-underestimate-that-moment-of-somebody-explaining-your/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I don't think I realized right away that I was switching from being a fan into being a performer. I've always tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-don-t-think-i-realized-right-away-that-i-was-switching-from-being-a/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-wrote-so-much-about-fandom-and-participation-for-npr-that-i/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth it backed me up and shielded me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/over-the-years-music-put-a-weapon-in-my-hand-and-words-in-my-mouth-it/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/to-me-curiosity-is-married-to-optimism-and-that-s-where-a-lot-of-my/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-idea-of-self-effacement-the-idea-that-you-feel-so-powerless-that/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/it-s-very-common-to-think-that-we-re-always-evolving-that-we-ve/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [ \[I hate\] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-hate-the-ways-that-people-want-their-special-needs-to-be-met/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [I like how blogging emulates fandom because it's so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-like-how-blogging-emulates-fandom-because-it-s-so-completist-and/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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> [Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/twitter-is-sort-of-version-of-labeling-except-with-140-characters/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Carrie Brownstein

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-am-a-horrible-visual-artist-i-can-t-fix-a-car-sew-knit-cook-etc/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or that an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/much-of-the-music-i-remember-from-camp-was-unofficial-the-songs-a/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/rihanna-has-guts-and-she-always-seems-to-be-singing-from-someplace/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-there-s-a-lot-of-wonderful-comics-that-leave-you-hanging-in-a/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/well-in-some-ways-i-had-sort-of-the-opposite-experience-of-other/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/there-was-a-clarity-to-the-nineties-it-was-pre-9-11-before-that/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-think-people-would-describe-a-lot-of-sleater-kinney-as-unsettling/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-m-always-trying-to-encourage-people-not-to-limit-themselves-in-the/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/the-game-rock-band-has-been-haunting-me-like-a-bad-ring-tone-it-gets/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-ve-mostly-been-focusing-on-writing-and-i-ve-really-enjoyed-not/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/to-me-curiosity-is-married-to-optimism-and-that-s-where-a-lot-of-my/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [ \[I hate\] the ways that people want their special needs to be met, whether it's their food allergies or their special lotions or shoes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-hate-the-ways-that-people-want-their-special-needs-to-be-met/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/no-matter-what-people-are-struggling-with-or-based-on-whatever/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of an incessant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-would-not-call-myself-an-optimist-even-though-i-would-aspire-to-be/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

> [I always find that nostalgia is sort of like memory without the pain. And that's why it feels so good to kind of bask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-always-find-that-nostalgia-is-sort-of-like-memory-without-the-pain/)

[Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/)

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