Kara Lee Corthron

“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.”

“Saturday-morning cartoon sure aren't what they used to be. The animation is lazy. Too clean. He misses being able to detect pencil lines and paint strokes in his favorite cartoon characters, his mind never quite separating the creatures from the art that brought them to life.”

“If I know that I can do something that makes me happy, why do I allow myself to get so depressed?”

“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.”

“I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.”

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

“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.”

“Honesty isn't easy. Or comfortable.”

“Knowledge is not always power.”

“I dug her usage of "Spotify" as a verb.”

“I'm probably the only person in the world that feels physical pain as a reaction to joy.”