With Sleater-kinney, We Did A Lot Of

I Grew Up Outside Of Seattle, And Have Lived Here My Whole Life, And I Think That There Is A Culture Of Questioning, And Guilt. Almost An "anti-ambition." Like, An Awareness, And Then A Subsequent Guilt. But Sometimes That Progressive, Liberal Guilt Is Really Obnoxious, Too - In Some Ways, I Think It's Better To Just Own It. It's Weird, That Actually, The Acknowledgement Of Privilege Or The Enactment Of Guilt Can Be As Obnoxious As Anything Else. It's A Never-ending Rabbit Hole. We're Really In A Rabbit Hole Right Now, With This Conversation. We're Just Spiraling Down Into The Void.

I Got Kind Of Tired Of Playing, I Think. But I Think It Will Be Part Of My Life Again, Maybe.

Nothing Is As Nice As Plugging In Your Guitar And Turning Up The Volume Really Loud, Just Seeing What Kind Of Beautiful Noise You Can Make With It.

I Have No Desire To Play Music Unless I Need Music.

I Don't Think I Would Live Outside Of The Northwest. I Think The Quality Of Life In Portland Is Really Good. People Move From Intense, High-powered Jobs, And Move To Portland, Work Half As Much And Live Twice As Good.