I think even though things are changing a bit, we still kind of tend to grow up with girls being like, 'Don't be too loud, don't be too rude, don't be too naughty,' or whatever, to act a certain way.
Courtney BarnettPeople should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find different things in my songs, which is really good.
Courtney BarnettI grew up listening to Nirvana, and then went through some bad 90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.
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