I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person. Carrie Brownstein More Quotes by Carrie Brownstein More Quotes From Carrie Brownstein Florida is such an unlikely place for a band, unless you're an emo or hardcore band. In terms of the touring route, or even the way the geography works in terms of bands and communities, Florida's always been this appendage that you either cut it off and dismiss it, or you somehow include it in your scope. Carrie Brownstein emo cutting community There was this kind of wackiness that was really embraced and put on a pedestal. It was before the millennium. We were envisioning a future that was mostly idealistic. I think that came crashing down a little bit in 9/11, or a lot. There is something about Portland that does seem to still exist in this total idealistic world and total idealistic mind frame, and I think that's what Dream of the '90s is talking about. Carrie Brownstein mind dream thinking I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People move from intense, high-powered jobs, and move to Portland, work half as much and live twice as good. They can afford bigger houses, or they can actually afford to buy a house, they can work the minimal amount and still get by. I think there's a really strong sense of community there. It's beautiful. Carrie Brownstein strong beautiful moving I think that the intentions are genuine in the search for authenticity, but it can tip over into absurdity so quickly. I just start to wonder, like, what authenticity even is, and whether we can even start to define it in such a globalized world. Carrie Brownstein wonder world thinking I think that there's always an assumption, when a band goes on hiatus or stops playing, that there's some acrimony brewing under the surface. Carrie Brownstein band goes-on thinking I don't want to mislead people. Carrie Brownstein mislead want people You can't bury a part of yourself that's so innate to who you've been, even if it's not for the sake of anything other than a pure enjoyment of it. Carrie Brownstein innate enjoyment sake 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 doing something silly. Carrie Brownstein playing-music self silly I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind. Carrie Brownstein common-threads young mind I've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring. Carrie Brownstein playing-music tire writing I like how blogging emulates fandom because it's so completist and spontaneous. It really mirrors the way people listen to music, and I like that fluidity with online content. Carrie Brownstein mirrors people way I'm always trying to encourage people not to limit themselves in the same way that many of our parents stayed with one job forever. Carrie Brownstein always-trying jobs people I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself from music. Carrie Brownstein divorce different writing 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 me out of my brain. Carrie Brownstein realizing who-i-am brain I think one of the reasons I haven't been doing music is because I think that some of my performance, like, needs are being taken care of in other mediums. Carrie Brownstein taken needs thinking If you always want to look relevant, just be CGI-prepared. Carrie Brownstein relevant want looks It's very common to think that we're always evolving, that we've changed so much from our younger selves, that within decades we've transformed into these different people. We like to think that. I feel in some ways that I am still so much my younger self. There are ways that I'm different: I feel like I'm wiser and kinder. But I think a lot of the impulses are still the same. I learned that. Carrie Brownstein self people thinking I think short-term goals are important. Trying to set a missive for yourself for the entire year can be daunting, and it can feel too easy to fail or fall short of that. Carrie Brownstein years fall thinking I think grief is a step towards strength because it allows you to be porous and take everything in, and have it transform you. What will sit within you is despairing, but at least it's feeling. You're not numb. Grief is sort of the allowance of feeling. Carrie Brownstein grief feelings thinking I'm kind of a hermit. it's almost easier for me to write about connection than to actually connect. Carrie Brownstein connections kind writing
