Quotes from Phoebe Bridgers

My form of rebellion was starting to play guitar. I was 13. The first song I played was 'Lovesick Blues' by Hank Williams.

We're all guilty of slacktivism, or of feeling like a savior for taking two seconds of your day to think about someone else.

The Replacements don't sound like The Replacements half the time!

I can't really remember my first headline show.

When I'm writing, I try to think about what would make a song better before worrying about personal opinions.

A lot of my close friends are musicians and are consumed by the idea of death; their heads are like a torture chamber. I'm not like that - I don't have death anxiety and I don't think about it all the time.

I don't get starstruck by musicians anymore, but podcasts? I'm a total podcast groupie.

My songwriting is very personal. The music that influenced me was so impactful that had I grown up somewhere else, I know I would still write the same way I do because of those influences.

But me writing sad songs doesn't mean I am a sad person.

Because I write what I feel the most heavy about. So if there is one day of the week when I feel completely crushed by existential dread, I'll end up writing about it, not the great day I had at the park with my friends. I hope it resonates with people - and it does, with some.

Doing stuff on my own terms and making a record without being signed to a label - I credit that all to my commercial work.

Once in a blue moon I'll have some sort of concept song or it will be about a bunch of different things, but yeah, it's all from experiences.

I'm obsessed with Elliott Smith, which is very common knowledge.

Joshua Kirk, the YouTube kid with the glasses who looks directly into the camera - I really love his album reviews. He's been doing it for years.

I'm not afraid to have a really weird idea or, you know, take a really bad guitar solo.

Twitter is an extension of every dumb thought I have, firing it off - Instagram is a little more methodical.

There are only couple songs that you can just hear and it'll put you in a great mood.

The more specific you are about a very general feeling of loneliness is actually how you connect with people.

Often people have to wake me up from a nap to tell me to go on stage.

Sadness can feel so unproductive.

There is nothing more useless than an album that you don't feel strongly about, out in the world.

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really sad about something, or wanting to sort through something dark.

All the things people hate about touring, I'm excited for, because I've never done it before. I'm excited to see places I've never seen and be in the van and see if I get carsick while reading.

I played at Room 5 a lot, which is probably the smallest capacity venue in Los Angeles. I begged my friends to come see me.