Carrie Brownstein

Much of the music I remember from camp was unofficial: the songs a counselor would play for us on acoustic guitar or that an older camper would sing after telling us a tale of his hard-knock life. We couldn't get enough of 'One Tin Soldier' or 'Cat's in the Cradle.' ”

I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're doing sometimes, or why it matters. It's our existential crisis. ”

I really don't know what to do when my life is not chaotic. ”

Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts. ”

Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling. ”

Celebrity culture is... it's not something that I'm attracted to. I guess I don't think of myself in that way, but potentially other people do. I feel I'm at the far periphery of that. ”

The value of kitsch exists in its novelty and in its connotations to more legitimate counterparts. ”

It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss. ”

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you. ”

I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways. ”