Carrie Brownstein

I always find that nostalgia is sort of like memory without the pain. And that's why it feels so good to kind of bask in that, and I think it can be deceptively comforting. ”

Meals and eating and that sort of ritual of gathering at a table is such a part of childhood, and that was such a strange moment. It made me nervous to watch my mom cook for us and then not engage in the act of eating with us. ”

When people grow up with a family characterized by chaos and uncertainty and fragility, you look for a substitution for that. ”

One of my earliest childhood memories is my father taking me in the evening to Samena Swim & Recreation Club in Bellevue. ”

My father was hard to know and gave little indication that there was much to know. He claimed he remembered almost nothing about his childhood. ”

I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to music and take lots and lots of walks. Nature is a nice reset button for me, it's how I get a lot of thinking done. ”

I think people would describe a lot of Sleater-Kinney as unsettling. And I don't think our best moments have sonic assonance to them. I think that we are best with a little bit of... a caustic attitude and tone. ”

I wish I'd lived in New York in my early twenties. Or learned to speak more languages at a young age. I didn't do either. ”

I actually think that Republican administrations are better for music. The Reagan era was such a great era for punk and indie rock. ”

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person. ”