Bethany Cosentino on trying
Bethany Cosentino30 quotes“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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Stevie Nicks has always been my fashion icon, so I wanted to blend her infamous witchy style with the 90s valley girl theme that I was so entranced by as a young girl.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino 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.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino 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.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I’ve done.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate’s bedroom to a band that’s doing extensive touring and had a record on the Billboard charts and everything happened insanely fast, but it’s not something that I sought out. It just happened.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, “Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?” But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I have personally been affected by women’s reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino 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.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino I’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!
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it’s fun when I get to be expressive in another way.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino 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.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino 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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