Courtney Barnett

I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.

— Courtney Barnett

If I make a wrong decision, I worry what might have been. I stress out over very insignificant things.

— Courtney Barnett

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

— Courtney Barnett

I just get bored really quickly and want to push myself to the next level.

— Courtney Barnett

When I was a teen, or like 18 to early 20s, I used to go to festivals all the time. I'd save…

— Courtney Barnett

Smoke Ring for My Halo was the first album I bought of Kurt's Vile, and when I first listened to "Peeping Tomboy"…

— Courtney Barnett

I have a normal life; I don't do anything crazy.

— Courtney Barnett

People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people…

— Courtney Barnett

I hate going anywhere. I'm really excited to travel and play all these different places, but if I had it my way,…

— Courtney Barnett

I don't like to overcook songs.

— Courtney Barnett

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

— Courtney Barnett

"On Script" is one of my favorite songs I've ever written. I'd just been jamming on it one day, and again I…

— Courtney Barnett

You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.

— Courtney Barnett

If I write something down, it's normally just a sharp one-liner.

— Courtney Barnett

The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.

— Courtney Barnett

We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't think that way, you're forced to…

— Courtney Barnett

I think even though things are changing a bit, we still kind of tend to grow up with girls being like, 'Don't…

— Courtney Barnett

I like reading biographies because most of them are slightly similar, and it's voyeuristic, looking into someone's life.

— Courtney Barnett

People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm…

— Courtney Barnett

I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it.

— Courtney Barnett

Obviously, the more you tour, the more comfortable you get.

— Courtney Barnett

I think that a good song is catchy, and a great song is not catchy - but it has a deeper meaning.

— Courtney Barnett

I've never really had a certain style of music in mind that I make, or am really adamant on how something should…

— Courtney Barnett

When I started Milk! Records, it was a pretty non-profit making venture.

— Courtney Barnett

I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.

— Courtney Barnett