Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.
Caroline PolachekDo not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.
Caroline PolachekThe only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.
Caroline PolachekThere's this corporate machine giving us a chance to access radio - though there's no guarantee.
Caroline PolachekNo one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.
Caroline PolachekThe music industry has completely restructured itself in the last couple of years because it hasn't been making money. Labels are signing bands they trust as artistic entities, instead of cash cows. They're signing bands because they believe that the bands have tastes beyond anything they could concoct themselves.
Caroline Polachek