Bethany Cosentino Quotes

I was never really that great at sewing, but I had a good idea of what I wanted things to look like.

I was looking at pictures of cats laying out on the beach and I thought, "Cats hate water, so why would they like the beach?" But then I realized that cats like to just lay around and lounge and be lazy, and what better place to do that than on the beach?

Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I've done.

Making music can sometimes make me a bit restless, so it's fun when I get to be expressive in another way.

Stevie Nicks has always been my fashion icon, so I wanted to blend her infamous witchy style with the 90s valley girl theme that I was so entranced by as a young girl.

I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was "Baby Jesus" - so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17!

It's very strange that people would consider me a fashion muse but it's also flattering. I try to just be myself, and wear what's comfortable and makes me feel good.

I always get pissed that I can't make my voice sound like someone from the 50s who had a very girly, innocent voice, like Leslie Gore.

My favorite record of all time is Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. It's made up of a bunch of songs that don't really sound the same, but they all go really well together.

I have personally been affected by women's reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.

I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.

There are a shitload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn't love you back and I talk about weed and my cat and being lazy a lot.

It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I ever going to be able to write something better than that?"

One of my favorite things as a teenage girl was getting dressed up to go to shows.

I like the 50s, party-movie aesthetic of the beach. I'm not really into modern-day beach.

Advice I would give to anyone trying to find their own personal style: don't copy anybody, just be yourself, and make your own trends.

I don't really pay too much attention to designers, I know what I like and I just try to find it, and I always try to find a cheaper deal because I have a tendency to be a cheapskate sometimes.

I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.

I don't really listen to a lot of 90s alternative indie female stuff anymore, but I loved Liz Phair and Kim Deal when I was younger.

I love clothes so much, I always have. It's awesome to have designers invite me to their shows and openings and send me samples of their work.

I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.