I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was “Baby Jesus” – so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17!
BETHANY COSENTINOOne of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!
More Bethany Cosentino Quotes
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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 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 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?
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I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.
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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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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 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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One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang!
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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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Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I’ve done.
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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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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.
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I buy most of my clothes online, I just sit around and look at websites and say ‘oh that looks cute’ – and then I just buy it and hopefully it fits because buying stuff online is always sort of risky.
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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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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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