Carrie Brownstein Quotes

I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.

I always just experiment with different sounds and styles until I find something that evokes the feeling I'm going for. I'm not trying to think too much about what anyone else is doing.

The only intention I've ever had creatively, as a musician, is to be as different from myself as possible.

On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I haven't explored.

We kept moving forward and didn't try to recreate the past .. the approach to each album was radically different every time. Many bands would have some success and, because they were locked into having a single - something we didn't have to worry about - they had to make sure there was something similar on the next album ... that was never the idea with Led Zeppelin .. the goal was to keep that spark of spontaneity at all times.

As a poet or a novelist or a painter, you are pushing yourself all the time, always looking for a new way to approach something, challenging yourself and never, never trying to write the same book twice.

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

I think it's important for me, for my crew and for the audience to bring something new to each show. I have friends who have done the same act, word for word for word, for 20 years. I have a problem with that. I think the audience should see something new in each show.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

I take chances. I don't limit myself. I don't think anybody who listens to Boston would have predicted hearing a female rapper on the beginning of the song 'Sail Away.' But that's what fit.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

Even if I play a similar role to one I've played before, I will never play it the same, I'll always try to do something different with it.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go.

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.