People barely have anything to say in 140 characters. The last thing we need is a bunch of discursive rambling on Twitter. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The value of kitsch exists in its novelty and in its connotations to more legitimate counterparts. — Carrie Brownstein Kitsch Copy Share Image
That's so rare in the world of TV or film to have a genuine friendship turn into something that people watch, that… — Carrie Brownstein Friendship Copy Share Image
I try, in the present, to not exalt the past because I think that's such a way of diminishing the present. And… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Of course, 'Portlandia' is all about ways that people curate their physical space and their life. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you look at somebody else's career or choices or family, there's almost a comfort in knowing there's another option. — Carrie Brownstein Career Copy Share Image
The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust me that you don't feel glamorous with… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I get mad at myself when I get news from Twitter before I get it from a regular news source. Then I'm… — Carrie Brownstein Day Copy Share Image
I think people would describe a lot of Sleater-Kinney as unsettling. And I don't think our best moments have sonic assonance to… — Carrie Brownstein Attitude Copy Share Image
There comes a time as you continue to write and work on scripts and screenplays where you realize that you have opinions… — Carrie Brownstein Control Copy Share Image
I don't think I realized right away that I was switching from being a fan into being a performer. I've always tried… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When I'm cynical, I seek out bands that are fully participating and trying to push something forward. Or I can just start… — Carrie Brownstein Challenges Copy Share Image
Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You can never underestimate that moment of somebody explaining your life to you, something you thought was inexplicable, through music. That was… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Shoes are a great invention. They keep us from stepping on nails. Your feet stay clean and warm and dry. — Carrie Brownstein Fashion Copy Share Image
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. — Carrie Brownstein Comedy Copy Share Image
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… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You do have to live through things, and to live through things is to observe want, and to observe lacking. Even if… — Carrie Brownstein Curiosity Copy Share Image
Nutty fans are fine with me, as I have no known nut allergy. In general, though, it's best to carry an EpiPen… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I'd rather do spontaneous and silly work like ThunderAnt than have somebody's film on my shoulders. — Carrie Brownstein Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't think you need to sound like from where you're from. But I think there is something magical and powerful about… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The enemy of any artistic statement is to create something that no one cares about, in the sense they have no opinion… — Carrie Brownstein Art Copy Share Image
I definitely love performing live because there are moments of spontaneity. And as much as you're performing on stage, I feel like… — Carrie Brownstein Audience Copy Share Image
I think that there's so many versions of femininity, and in terms of gender as a binary construct, that seems to be… — Carrie Brownstein Binary Copy Share Image
One of my earliest childhood memories is my father taking me in the evening to Samena Swim & Recreation Club in Bellevue. — Carrie Brownstein Childhood Copy Share Image
Once you're away from music, I realize that's as intrinsic to who I am as anything else. That's the part that takes… — Carrie Brownstein Brain Copy Share Image
My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I have no problem spending money on a great meal with friends or a flight to see somebody that I love, versus… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
When my father came out to his mom, my grandmother said, 'You waited for your father to die; why couldn't you have… — Carrie Brownstein Father Copy Share Image
We brainstorm an idea and then we do flesh it out a little bit - we come up with a script, mostly… — Carrie Brownstein Brainstorm Copy Share Image
Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I would not call myself an optimist, even though I would aspire to be. I am innately a skeptic. There's kind of… — Carrie Brownstein Always trying Copy Share Image
I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
One summer, when I was elementary-school age, my neighbors and I built guitars and keyboards out of scrap wood, painted them in… — Carrie Brownstein Age Copy Share Image
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… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
My own relationship to food was healthy. I was lean and athletic with a high metabolism. I could eat half a pizza… — Carrie Brownstein Food Copy Share Image
