Caroline Polachek Quotes

#1. No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.

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#2. Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd.

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#3. Brooklyn is a hub; people move to Brooklyn because of what's already in Brooklyn.

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#4. I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.

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#5. You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

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#6. I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

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#7. I'm gonna really enjoy bringing out the catsuit once in a while.

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#8. There's this corporate machine giving us a chance to access radio - though there's no guarantee.

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#9. It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

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#10. The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.

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#11. When I was 10, I would hear songs like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis on the radio, and I want to make stuff that a 10 year old might hear coming out of the radio and think, "Yeah! I love this!"

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