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.
BETHANY COSENTINOI 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 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!
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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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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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Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I’ve done.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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 feel one step closer to Beyoncé now that we both have our own clothing lines.
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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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