I think one of the reasons that we are able to actually keep making music that we want to make, and that we're inspired by, is because there is a certain amount of instability constantly, and I think that mirrors the instability of any given life. Carrie Brownstein More Quotes by Carrie Brownstein More Quotes From Carrie Brownstein Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful noise you can make with it. Carrie Brownstein guitar nice beautiful To me, the grotesque is like a sonic manifestation of reality. I don't know how you could look out onto our world and see only beauty. And I like beautiful things. I like the aesthetically harmonious. But I am much more attracted to something that is off-kilter. It is a truer reflection of not only nature, but the human spirit - the state of the world. I just think everything feels a little off. Carrie Brownstein reflection beautiful reality I'm really drawn to the uncompromising realness of natural process: It's unadorned. It's not very pretty. Carrie Brownstein realness process natural The natural world operates by its own set of rules. The animal world, all the places that are feral and ungovernable, that's where I find a lot of inspiration. There is just as much beauty there, but there is also decay and violence. Carrie Brownstein decay inspiration animal I'm interested in the crevices, and the grotesque, and the unsavory. That started out when I was young... I've never quite been able to shake that. Carrie Brownstein crevice never-quit able Wholeness is sort of a dubious concept. Because in terms of the human body and literal wholeness and structures, you think: "here are the structures that help make me whole." Family, or school, or the city I live in. When those structures are dysfunctional or decaying, you end up kind of Frankensteining pieces from everywhere in order to make yourself sated and comfortable and alive. Carrie Brownstein order school thinking You do have to live through things, and to live through things is to observe want, and to observe lacking. Even if the hunger is a curiosity. Carrie Brownstein hunger curiosity want To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of depression and anxiety is that intersection between optimism and curiosity. Because it means taking a step forward with the hope that there will be discovery. Carrie Brownstein motivation discovery mean It's so nice to have a band name you don't have to explain. Carrie Brownstein band nice names I've mostly been focusing on writing, and I've really enjoyed not playing music. It will always be part of my life, but I don't feel the immediate need to be playing for people. Carrie Brownstein playing-music writing people I got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe. Carrie Brownstein tired kind thinking I've learned to really enjoy video games. It's really toxic to have in your house, because it's really distracting. Carrie Brownstein toxic games house It does feel great to be writing, but the process is sometimes excruciating. Carrie Brownstein doe writing sometimes 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 writing fun mean I would love to do a reunion tour if it only involved basements across the U.S. Carrie Brownstein reunion basements involved To be a fan is to be curious, and to be curious is to have openness... Part of being a fan is to allow 360 degrees of experience - to immerse without judgment. It's like a really fearless step forward into new experience. There's something that feels very timeless about fandom. Carrie Brownstein fearless new-experiences fans The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over your own ability to deny yourself food - that to me is a very profound and sad methodology and indicator of how powerless a lot of people feel in this world. That they will turn that onto themselves until they are physically smaller. I think it's affected my worldview a lot - just being sensitive and empathetic towards the ways people want to be small. I don't wish smallness for anyone. Carrie Brownstein self ideas thinking Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out for what they are, wearing badges. Twitter is like the new Scarlet Letter. Carrie Brownstein calling letters character I think it's very disheartening and undermining to focus on nostalgia or youthful sentimentality as the lens through which you view art and culture, because then you feel like everything good already happened. I really just try to be in the present with music and just find the things that are invigorating and make me feel happy to be alive right now. Carrie Brownstein views art thinking I think, for some artists, the fear of taking on a political identity stems from not wanting to be pigeonholed as political actor or a political musician. It becomes this thing where somehow your art can no longer exist on its own and be multifaceted. Carrie Brownstein political art thinking
