Bethany Cosentino Quotes & Sayings

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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? — Bethany Cosentino

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

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

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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! — Bethany Cosentino

I found all these stupid pictures of cats at the beach, and I was like, "They get it, man. They totally get it." — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino

I'd love to have a shoe line, or a sunglasses line, or a purse line. Who am I kidding, I'd like to have an everything line! — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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?" — Bethany Cosentino

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

I buy most of my clothes online, I just sit around and look at websites and say 'oh that looks cute' - and then I just buy it and hopefully it fits because buying stuff online is always sort of risky. — Bethany Cosentino

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

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

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

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

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino

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

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. — Bethany Cosentino

One of the cooler moments of my life was sitting front row at Helmut Lang! — Bethany Cosentino

It's important to stay creative. — Bethany Cosentino

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. — Bethany Cosentino