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Carrie Brownstein quotes

American Musician September 27, 1974

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To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well. Carrie Brownstein
I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so specific and personal, as if we each have our own weather system and what we listen to is our individual forecast. Carrie Brownstein
After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche..."
Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true. Carrie Brownstein
With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music."
I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music. Carrie Brownstein
I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "I have no desire to play music unless I need music."
I have no desire to play music unless I need music. Carrie Brownstein
With music, I get to a much darker place. Where I'm able to go with 'Portlandia' has a wider range, but also a brighter range. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from..."
Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce. Carrie Brownstein
I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're doing sometimes, or why it matters. It's our existential crisis. Carrie Brownstein
For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about being a fan, it's about how you perform your fandom. That's always been interesting to me. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very..."
I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. Carrie Brownstein
Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts. Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein quote: "I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit,..."
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. Carrie Brownstein

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