It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise. — Carrie Brownstein
Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so wild flag was not a sure thing, it was a ‘maybe,’ a ‘possibility.’ — Carrie Brownstein
For a while I had somebody that came to clean my house that turned out to be in a band that I really loved. — Carrie Brownstein
For film and television, it’s interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting — Carrie Brownstein
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
I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. — 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
I feel like I came in comedy’s side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. — Carrie Brownstein
I don’t think I would live outside of the northwest. I think the quality of life in portland is really good. — Carrie Brownstein
I’ll admit that I’m not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore — Carrie Brownstein
I will say, as a woman, when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself. — Carrie Brownstein
I wrote so much about fandom and participation for npr that I eventually realized my most fertile way — Carrie Brownstein
I’m pretty horrible at relationships and haven’t been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on — Carrie Brownstein
I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was — Carrie Brownstein
Rock band is more like stairmaster than it is like rock ‘n’ roll – it’s the same steps with different degrees of difficulty. — Carrie Brownstein
The game rock band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music. — Carrie Brownstein
Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It’s cliche to write that, but it’s true. — Carrie Brownstein
Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me — Carrie Brownstein
Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce. — Carrie Brownstein
The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you’re still carrying your own gear. — Carrie Brownstein
It’s hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous. — Carrie Brownstein
It was writing about music for npr – connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community — Carrie Brownstein
With portlandia, I don’t think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor — Carrie Brownstein
With rock band, you can play along to black sabbath or nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating — Carrie Brownstein
Well, in some ways I had sort of the opposite experience of other people that are sort of dreaming of being in a rock band. — Carrie Brownstein
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. — Carrie Brownstein
There was a clarity to the nineties. It was pre-9/11, before that anxiety kicked in that exists right — Carrie Brownstein
To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don’t like or don’t get — Carrie Brownstein
With sleater-kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting — Carrie Brownstein