35 Quotes by Kara Lee Corthron

I like lots of bands, and I LOVE fewer, but the list is still lengthy. I rarely pick a “favorite” because I think that’s for laypeople who don’t understand the infinite possibilities of music.

You never know. Somebody can seem cool and then you look in their music library and there’s Katy Perry.

Honesty isn’t easy. Or comfortable.

I’m awful at hiding it when I’m miserable. Sometimes I think if I were better at it maybe I’d be able to fool myself. Trick the misery right out of me.

One Day you might desperately need to hear power chords and indulgent drum solos. Another might be a day for orchestral sounds. Picking one band above all else is just wrong. But, then again, it’s not like what I say has to be etched in blood. Changing my mind later doesn’t necessarily mean I’m a total waffler.

That’s the problem with getting your heart wrapped up in things. The dumbest stuff starts to carry way too much significance. You think about things way too much. You imagine a hole being filled that rarely bothered you at all when it was empty.

Knowledge is not always power.

I’m attracted to difficulty, I think. I’m attracted to guys who have truckloads of baggage. With them, it will never, ever be simple. And then they do or say one little magical thing and they own me.