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Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein
American Musician
Born: Sep 27, 1974
Band Me Music People Think You
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I get mad at myself when I get news from Twitter before I get it from a regular news source. Then I'm off to a bad start: getting the second-hand, filtered experience all day long. Carrie Brownstein
Myself Day News Experience Long Before Twitter Second-Hand Filtered All Day Mad Bad Source Off Get Getting Then Regular Start
In Olympia, Washington, many of us were writing songs that were the equivalent of bloodletting: This is the sound a wound makes; this is the screech of a scar. But Mary Timony was always more kaleidoscope than microscope, creating magical worlds replete with weaponry or sorcery. Carrie Brownstein
Writing Worlds Wound Scar Weaponry Magical More Mary Songs Sorcery Makes Always Sound Equivalent Were Replete Than Microscope Kaleidoscope Us Creating Many Washington
I've always felt unclaimed. Carrie Brownstein
Felt Always
My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished. Carrie Brownstein
Me Unfinished Guitar Somebody Style Own Else Entire Around Built Sounds Story Playing
When my father came out to his mom, my grandmother said, 'You waited for your father to die; why couldn't you have waited for me to die?' I knew then that I never want to contribute to the corrosiveness of wanting someone to stay hidden. Carrie Brownstein
Mom Me You Father Hidden Out Stay Someone Never Knew Said Came His Waited Contribute Die Want Wanting Then Grandmother Your Why
I'd rather do spontaneous and silly work like ThunderAnt than have somebody's film on my shoulders. Carrie Brownstein
Work Somebody Silly Rather Like Spontaneous Than Shoulders Film
A lot of music for me was about - I mean, aside from the fun and challenge of writing and being really good friends with my bandmates - getting to perform. Carrie Brownstein
Music Good Me Writing Challenge Good Friends About Perform Lot Friends Getting Being Mean Aside Really Fun
One summer, when I was elementary-school age, my neighbors and I built guitars and keyboards out of scrap wood, painted them in bright colors, and formed the cover band Lil' 'D' Duran Duran. We didn't make our own noise or even pretend to play our fake instruments. Carrie Brownstein
Age Noise Band Own Keyboards Our Summer Neighbors Out Pretend Guitars Colors Make Instruments Built Fake Cover Duran Scrap Wood Formed Them Painted Even Bright Play
In the realm of fakery, I would choose 'Rock Band' over 'American Idol' or over any of the other flimsy truths masquerading as music. Carrie Brownstein
Music Band Other Would Masquerading Over Rock Rock Band Idol Truths American Any American Idol Realm Choose
Meals and eating and that sort of ritual of gathering at a table is such a part of childhood, and that was such a strange moment. It made me nervous to watch my mom cook for us and then not engage in the act of eating with us. Carrie Brownstein
Mom Me Strange Made Nervous Gathering Table Eating Ritual Part Sort Childhood Meals Then Us Engage Act Cook Moment Watch
The process of coming out, as much as other people want to couch it in terms of politics, it's a very personal journey. Carrie Brownstein
Politics Journey People Other Out Couch Terms Coming Very Personal Want Process Much
From dancing around to Michael Jackson and Madonna as a kid to having my mind blown by the first sounds of punk and indie rock, to getting to play my own songs and have people listen, music is what got me through. Carrie Brownstein
Music Me People Mind Punk First Own Dancing Kid Madonna Indie My Own Having Through Songs Around Rock Got Sounds Michael Michael Jackson Blown Jackson Getting Listen Play
From the ashes of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets transformed its grandiosity and excesses into boldness and virtuosity. Plus, it wasn't afraid of a catchy hook or two. Carrie Brownstein
Love Hook Plus Excess Catchy Rockets Afraid Transformed Ashes Boldness Two
I have really never aligned myself with hipsterdom or coolness. Carrie Brownstein
Myself Aligned Never Really Coolness
Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity. Carrie Brownstein
Hope Me Sense Negativity Open Off Curiosity Keeps
I want to have a sense of openness and optimism, even if that means being open to things that are potentially dark. Carrie Brownstein
Dark Sense Potentially Open Openness Optimism Being Want Means Even Things
I think that the most well-intentioned, optimistic, creative people often live for the moment, and for 'Portlandia,' our goals were always very sort of short-term and attainable. Carrie Brownstein
Creative People Goals Live Think Our Attainable Most Sort Well-Intentioned Always Were Very Optimistic Often Short-Term Moment Creative People
That's so rare in the world of TV or film to have a genuine friendship turn into something that people watch, that people relate to. That's so unique. Carrie Brownstein
Friendship People World Rare Relate TV Something Genuine Turn Unique Film Watch
To me, it's exciting that women are dominating the pop charts. Carrie Brownstein
Me Women Charts Exciting Women Are Dominating Pop
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 other people do. I feel I'm at the far periphery of that. Carrie Brownstein
Myself Culture People Think Other Guess Way Something Potentially Feel Attracted Periphery Celebrity Celebrity Culture Far
I loved 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith. Carrie Brownstein
Kids Smith Just Loved Patti Smith
I like playing someone with a certain stability at the periphery of the madness. Carrie Brownstein
Madness Someone Like Periphery Stability Certain Playing
People barely have anything to say in 140 characters. The last thing we need is a bunch of discursive rambling on Twitter. Carrie Brownstein
People Twitter Say Characters Bunch Anything Barely Thing Last Need
I wish I'd lived in New York in my early twenties. Or learned to speak more languages at a young age. I didn't do either. Carrie Brownstein
Age Speak Wish Young More New Learned York New York Young Age Either Languages Twenties Lived Early
I think a lot of people want stories or lives to have very distinct beginnings, middles, and endings. Generally, I think things are a little more fluid than that. Carrie Brownstein
People Fluid Think Distinct More Generally Lot Very Than Beginnings Endings Want Stories Little Lives Things
What I appreciate about Sleater-Kinney is that we did six records, and they all felt different. It was a band that was able to encapsulate different sensibilities because we were focusing on it as music and art and not as a statement. Carrie Brownstein
Music Art Band Statement Focusing Able About Records Because Felt Encapsulate Were Did Six Different Sensibilities Appreciate
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