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.
BETHANY COSENTINOI’d love to have a shoe line, or a sunglasses line, or a purse line. Who am I kidding, I’d like to have an everything line!
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I love clothes so much, I always have. It’s awesome to have designers invite me to their shows and openings and send me samples of their work.
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I always get pissed that I can’t make my voice sound like someone from the 50s who had a very girly, innocent voice, like Leslie Gore.
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I think what we do is really, at times, a complicated thing. But at the end of the day it’s so important that we make art for people that need to escape reality for a second. That’s what music has always been for me. It’s been a way to tap out of what’s going on in my personal life.
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I found all these stupid pictures of cats at the beach, and I was like, “They get it, man. They totally get it.”
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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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Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it’s fun when I get to be expressive in another way.
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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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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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I’ve always been interested in fashion, and Urban Outfitters presented me with a huge opportunity to pursue that interest.
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Touring is definitely work. You’re spending a lot of time in the car and around the same people and it’s not the easiest thing in the world, but it’s better than working a 9-to-5 job or something.
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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?”
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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 have personally been affected by women’s reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.
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I don’t really pay too much attention to designers, I know what I like and I just try to find it, and I always try to find a cheaper deal because I have a tendency to be a cheapskate sometimes.
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I feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.
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