There's something about mean-spiritedness that has a way of distancing an audience. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I like playing someone with a certain stability at the periphery of the madness. — Carrie Brownstein Character Copy Share Image
If you always want to look relevant, just be CGI-prepared. — Carrie Brownstein Animation Copy Share Image
When real is gone, then there is no longer a litmus test for that which deviates from it. It's all real because… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect. — Carrie Brownstein Connection Copy Share Image
For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
A lot of music for me was about - I mean, aside from the fun and challenge of writing and being really… — Carrie Brownstein Being real Copy Share Image
From the ashes of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets transformed its grandiosity and excesses into boldness and virtuosity. Plus, it wasn't afraid of… — Carrie Brownstein Ashes Copy Share Image
I think closing-off is the most detrimental thing we can do as people. Also, the idea of not judging oneself. — 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 Music Copy Share Image
I think proteins are really good for your brain. And your brain is where comedy comes from. — Carrie Brownstein Brain Copy Share Image
I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're… — Carrie Brownstein Crisis 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 Inspiration Copy Share Image
Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth it backed me up and shielded me,… — Carrie Brownstein Feelings 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… — Carrie Brownstein Anxiety 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 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
Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or… — Carrie Brownstein Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
Even if, personally, I'm in a place of contentment or solidity, I feel like it's hard not to look out into American… — Carrie Brownstein American culture 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
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… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You'd hope that no writing about music could supersede the music itself. But I do think that blogs mirror the way that… — Carrie Brownstein Audience 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 Ambitious Copy Share Image
I grew up outside of Seattle, and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of… — Carrie Brownstein Acknowledgement Copy Share Image
I think we as people struggle for what is meaningful in our lives, and I think that modern, contemporary life is as… — Carrie Brownstein Contemporary life 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 Joy Copy Share Image
My father wasn't just taciturn - it was like he didn't want to be heard. — Carrie Brownstein Father Copy Share Image
I love coffee. I love a midday espresso on set, just for the energy. — Carrie Brownstein Coffee Copy Share Image
Writing isn't necessarily about what one knows but what one wants to know. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With Sleater-Kinney, we have a lot of earnest fans, and we were an earnest band. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss. — Carrie Brownstein Boss Copy Share Image
