It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous.
Carrie BrownsteinI think that the intentions are genuine in the search for authenticity, but it can tip over into absurdity so quickly. I just start to wonder, like, what authenticity even is, and whether we can even start to define it in such a globalized world.
Carrie BrownsteinI have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.
Carrie BrownsteinI got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.
Carrie BrownsteinI've noticed that as someone who has done music and creative things in Washington state and Portland, to kind of toot your own horn, or admit, "I'm going for it. I'm hustling," is not exactly the norm. Which is weird, because you go to New York, or LA, or anywhere else, you've got to be gunning for it - and you should be - you're part of a fast-moving stream of other people who are really ambitious. People move here to work less. So, to say that you're hustling all the time, and going for it, is kind of a little bit against the grain here.
Carrie Brownstein