Quotes from Phoebe Bridgers

I was actually with Conor Oberst on tour, and we were walking down the street getting a coffee. I walked into a random hipster-y coffee shop and I heard my own song, and I was so stoked.

I love going on walks and talking to people.

I love women in suits.

I don't want to get all self-help on everyone. But I definitely think there was a period in my life where I thought I would feel the same way, forever. And every day felt like 'Groundhog Day,' where I was super, super depressed.

When I first picked up an instrument, nothing really happened. I played piano when I was a little kid. I hated it so much, I actually don't play piano now.

I love a good chorus, you know? I consider a lot of what I love pop. I consider Mitski pop.

None of my family are musicians, but there was a lot of classic rock and country going on. I always wanted to sing. As soon as I expressed an interest my mom was super supportive of me.

I was planning to go into the studio in the summer of 2018, and then I started two bands!

I didn't go to college and I worked so I could play music. That was my goal.

People are realising that vulnerability isn't a weakness, and the rise of mental health-related humour is making vulnerability feel like a strength.

I actually have a kind of fantasy about doing a covers album in general. My music taste is so eclectic, that I think it would be cool to put it through the funnel of my arrangements.

For every single person who's struggled with depression, there's this weird part of your brain that tells you you're the only person who's ever felt like that, even if you know for a fact it's not true.

I feel like in pop music and even indie music, there's this weird thing where women have been pitted against each other.

If you're saying you're epically depressed in a song, you better be able to back it up. You better be able to talk about it in a smart way with someone who comes up to you after a show and is looking for help.

I've never really been afraid of how people were going to define me, as long as I didn't write some cheaper song because people like that I'm depressed.

I wanted to talk about how stupid music is. I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn't last forever.

You look at Taylor Swift, and every 'i' is dotted, every story is finished.

Boygenius' was the first time I produced without a producer-producer in the room. It's been crazy.

I have this thing in the back of my brain that dares me to think of the most disturbing thing.

I'm marrying everybody I fall in love with.

I did a CBS thing when I was a teenager that was a 'Music Minute' or something.

I love Sylvan Esso. I want to bring in more electronic elements, but also some analogue stuff. Stuff like '70s drum machines really fascinates me.

People still kind of think of me as like a folk artist, but on the first record, I truly was deferring to other people to produce me.

'Friday I'm in Love' sounds like the best possible summer song.