The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music that I want to listen to.

- Courtney Barnett

There's lots of interesting stuff happening in the world. Lots of good and bad things, and there's interest in music still, which there always will b…

- Courtney Barnett

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.

- Courtney Barnett

I try to take notes of things that happen that I think are important or interesting or just little tidbits here and there that happen in life. And so…

- Courtney Barnett

I think even though things are changing a bit, we still kind of tend to grow up with girls being like, 'Don't be too loud, don't be too rude, don't b…

- Courtney Barnett

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

- Courtney Barnett

I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it.

- Courtney Barnett

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when yo…

- Courtney Barnett

Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song.

- Courtney Barnett