I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one… — Carrie Brownstein Always trying Copy Share Image
When people grow up with a family characterized by chaos and uncertainty and fragility, you look for a substitution for that. — Carrie Brownstein Chaos Copy Share Image
I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other… — Carrie Brownstein Comedy Copy Share Image
I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think one of the scariest things about depression is that it exists along with the happiness and the joy, and it… — Carrie Brownstein Depression Copy Share Image
The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The Northwest, to make a generalization, is a fairly sensitive populace. Slightly self-conscious and very self-reflexive. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high… — Carrie Brownstein Acting Copy Share Image
I've never been in another kind of midlife crisis. I don't know what it feels like when you're through that, but I… — Carrie Brownstein Crisis Copy Share Image
Practice. Learn and then unlearn - that's the trick in finding your own style of playing. You can't merely emulate, you have… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I like how blogging emulates fandom because it's so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
'Wii Music' elevates the scope of music video games by moving beyond commentary on what music is - as 'Rock Band' and… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Florida is such an unlikely place for a band, unless you're an emo or hardcore band. In terms of the touring route,… — Carrie Brownstein Bands Copy Share Image
With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by… — Carrie Brownstein Artistry Copy Share Image
I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political… — Carrie Brownstein Actors Copy Share Image
It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful… — Carrie Brownstein Beautiful Copy Share Image
With sociolinguistics, after covering the basics of the field, I focused on discourse analysis. — Carrie Brownstein Analysis Copy Share Image
I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you… — Carrie Brownstein Alone Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the crevices, and the grotesque, and the unsavory. That started out when I was young... I've never quite been… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The process of coming out, as much as other people want to couch it in terms of politics, it's a very personal… — Carrie Brownstein Homosexuality Copy Share Image
I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I really like sardonicism and wit. I love the writing of Joy Williams and Lorrie Moore. I like Tina Fey, Amy Schumer. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to… — Carrie Brownstein Art Copy Share Image
I wish I'd lived in New York in my early twenties. Or learned to speak more languages at a young age. I… — Carrie Brownstein Age Copy Share Image
When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs. — Carrie Brownstein Audience Copy Share Image
The internet is just a scary place. It's better to just go to the doctor. Don't let Google get inside your head.… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of wonderful comics that leave you hanging in a state of apprehension or anxiety before alleviating that… — Carrie Brownstein Anxiety Copy Share Image
I'm all about being prudent. And I've started to appreciate experiences more than actual objects. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
With music, I get to a much darker place. Where I'm able to go with 'Portlandia' has a wider range, but also… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
So much of my intention with songs is to voice a continual dissatisfaction, or at least to claw my way out of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this was depression, a murkiness that distorted and disabled connection. I drifted in and out of this darkness, pulled away, then… — Carrie Brownstein Darkness Copy Share Image
Rock Band is more like Stairmaster than it is like rock 'n' roll - it's the same steps with different degrees of… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe. — Carrie Brownstein Football Copy Share Image
I went to a liberal arts college wherein grading was qualitative and we had to write our own evaluations. — Carrie Brownstein Art Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do… — Carrie Brownstein Art Copy Share Image
What I value most in new music today is strangeness, oddity. Passion. And humor. I listen to a lot of hip-hop because… — Carrie Brownstein Hip hop Copy Share Image
Music was a means through which I could meet people and sort of begin the process of exploring who I was or… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
