There's some horrible connotations in the word 'reunion.' — Carrie Brownstein Connotations Copy Share Image
These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I would love to do a reunion tour if it only involved basements across the U.S. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Writing 'Monitor Mix' was a very edifying and inspiring few years. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
People are wearing fleece, which is a hard fabric to be angry in. — Carrie Brownstein Angry Copy Share Image
It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think you should be prepared for a green-screen CGI at all times. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
My father was hard to know and gave little indication that there was much to know. He claimed he remembered almost nothing… — Carrie Brownstein Childhood 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 grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of… — Carrie Brownstein Culture Copy Share Image
I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
There are foods you should avoid. For me, sugar is a no. Because it gives me a spike and then a crash. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' was one of those films that I felt like I could dismiss because it received so many… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
"We can't name it, but we can sing along." That is my ultimate relationship to any art form, but especially music. — Carrie Brownstein Art Copy Share Image
I think music took hold of me and captured my imagination at such a formative age that I ascribe a mysteriousness to… — Carrie Brownstein Age Copy Share Image
“With access to everything, we can dabble without really knowing. I am not bemoaning a diminishing awareness of references, but it’s easier… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When I was 16, 17 years old, I became aware of music coming out of Olympia, Wash., which is the state capitol… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense… — Carrie Brownstein Autonomy Copy Share Image
Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to… — Carrie Brownstein Books Copy Share Image
I really feel like social media - it's like all these tiny stages that you put yourself on. And you come to… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
It wasn't just like, "I want to make a record that sounds like classic rock" at all. It was more like, "I… — Carrie Brownstein Artist Copy Share Image
There was this kind of wackiness that was really embraced and put on a pedestal. It was before the millennium. We were… — Carrie Brownstein Dream Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in queerness and underground and fringe and periphery, and who and what flourishes in those spaces. Those spaces… — 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 Algebra Copy Share Image
Living in Portland, which is a predominantly white city, the privilege and the luxury to be able to obsess over a certain… — Carrie Brownstein Community Copy Share Image
If I have a strong dislike for something, obviously that garners an equal amount of derision, towards me from the audience. And… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia is so certain: the sense of familiarity it instills makes us feel like we know ourselves, like we've lived. To get… — Carrie Brownstein Difficult task 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 Bands Copy Share Image
I guess the role of art is to make something that is ambiguous and complex. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The 'New York Times' is my homepage because it forces me to go right into the news. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You can't bury a part of yourself that's so innate to who you've been, even if it's not for the sake of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I feel like I live a pretty quiet life. I like to focus on work and friends, and I love being in… — Carrie Brownstein Focus Copy Share Image
In the realm of fakery, I would choose 'Rock Band' over 'American Idol' or over any of the other flimsy truths masquerading… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show.… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people want stories or lives to have very distinct beginnings, middles, and endings. Generally, I think things… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
