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I really want a Christmas in New York one year, when it's snowing. Like, it's Christmas morning, and you have a fight with someone, and you run down the street, and it's snowing, and you can't find them.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Christmas Down Fight Find Like Morning New New York Really Run Someone Street Them Want Year York You

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An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Album Go Out Take Thing Time Work You

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I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Australian Bad Grew Listening Lot Nirvana One-Hit Pop Some Stuff Then Through Up Wonders

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The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: About Even Exist First Love Somebody Song Who Wrote You

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I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: About Again Being Bit Happen Idea Just Liked Never One Thing Photographer Picture Take Thing Think Weird You

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I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Guitar Learning Songs Started Writing

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I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Bands Interested Jazz Nobody Played Rock Rock Bands School Start Tried

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Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the world and playing to a room full of people is just out of this world.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Across Big Big Enough Enough Flying Full Getting House Just Leaving Me Occasion Out People Plane Playing Room World

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I never planned to be a professional artist - I just want to be a sustainable artist. I guess they're the same thing if you look at them from a different angle.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Angle Artist Different Guess Just Look Never Planned Professional Same Same Thing Sustainable Them Thing Want You

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I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.

~Courtney Barnett

Topics: Artwork Commercial Everything Hands Most Music Myself Necessarily Songs Very Write I Write

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Musician

Born: Unknown

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