Bethany Cosentino Quotes
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I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.
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I have to remember the good people in the world outnumber the bad people. I think when you start to feel frustrated or you have no hope left in humanity or whatever, you've got to just remember that there are people out there who are working incredibly hard to get a positive message across.
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I'm working all the time. When I'm home I try to split my time evenly between resting and preparing for another tour, and writing stuff.
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I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.
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One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!
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There are days where I turn on the TV or I look at the news and I'm like, "I want to go to Mars. This is insane." But I can't go to Mars! I need to face reality and just to have some hope.
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I've always been interested in fashion, and Urban Outfitters presented me with a huge opportunity to pursue that interest.
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I'm really proud to be a woman making music. Nothing makes me happier than when other women approach me at shows and say, "You've inspired me to start writing music," or, "I feel like we could be best friends." Music is a male-dominated business, so it's nice to see bands with girls in them, and not just a bunch of dudes with beards in flannel shirts.
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That, to me, is what I feel like is the future. If I have a daughter, if you have a daughter, becoming that ideal where it's not about your gender; it's about us being human, being in this together.
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As artists and creative people it's such an important time to be expressive and be empowering and supportive of people. It is a time where I feel like everyone has to be together and say, "Hey, we're all going to be okay. We just need to work together."
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I like the 50s, party-movie aesthetic of the beach. I'm not really into modern-day beach.
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My favorite record of all time is Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. It's made up of a bunch of songs that don't really sound the same, but they all go really well together.
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I feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.
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I really like New York a lot, but I like it more as a place to visit. It was really difficult for me to live there. As a person from California, I'm still very neurotic and anxious, but in a more laid-back way.
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I don't really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.
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Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don't copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.
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There are a shitload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn't love you back and I talk about weed and my cat and being lazy a lot.
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It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I ever going to be able to write something better than that?"