Do 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 PolachekRadio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I'm amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that's so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention.
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 PolachekYou know how some trees have those ear mushrooms that just grow off, and you could live on one of those mushrooms and not realize that there was stacks and stacks of others? That's how I describe music scenes in New York. That's one of the trippiest things about living here - just how many parallel universes there are that you can be completely unaware of.
Caroline Polachek