I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me.
Carrie BrownsteinI'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 BrownsteinI 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 BrownsteinYou 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 BrownsteinWholeness 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