It was cool at the rock camp - girls could just be themselves and they could be silly, they could roll around on the floor playing guitar.
Courtney BarnettI think that a good song is catchy, and a great song is not catchy - but it has a deeper meaning.
Courtney BarnettArtists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.
Courtney BarnettSmoke Ring for My Halo was the first album I bought of Kurt's Vile, and when I first listened to "Peeping Tomboy" I was really depressed and unemployed. But the lyrics are, "I don't want to work. I don't want to sit around all day frowning." I was like, "Ah! Yes!"
Courtney BarnettI try to write a lot and my process is kind of back and forth. I procrastinate a lot so when I do sit down to write, I'm pretty lazy at it. And it's such a frustrating thing sometimes - writing - when you don't do it all the time, you get that thing in your head that you have nothing to talk about and you can't write songs.
Courtney Barnett