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Songwriter

Caroline Polachek, born on June 20, 1985, is a talented songwriter known for her unique musical style and profound lyrics. Her work has gained widespread popularity among music enthusiasts.

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People Moving Brooklyn Hub

Author:Caroline Polachek

“I think all the songs [at Moth] are about different things, but if we were to speak about it as a whole, it's really about, it's about joy, and about sensuality and vulnerability and also fun, energy, living in New York in 2015, being out of control, wanting to be in control, failing! It's a sort of story of our lives.”

Ifs Thinking Different Whole Stories Joy Song Energy Speak Fun Our Lives Failing New York Sensuality Vulnerability Different Things Moths

Author:Caroline Polachek

“You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.”

Feels Kind Pressure Be Kind

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd.”

Writing Audience Bigger Crowds Mindset Festivals Writing Music

Author:Caroline Polachek

“There's this corporate machine giving us a chance to access radio - though there's no guarantee.”

Giving Chance Machines Radio Access Corporate Guarantees

Author:Caroline Polachek

“When I was 10, I would hear songs like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis on the radio, and I want to make stuff that a 10 year old might hear coming out of the radio and think, "Yeah! I love this!"”

Thinking Want Years Might Song Stuff Forever Love You Yeah Radio Coming Out Always Love You I Love You Always

Author:Caroline Polachek

“The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.”

People Involved Majors Speed Labels Pace

Author:Caroline Polachek

“It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.”

Doe Different Shows Artist Guy Pieces Paper Hip Hop Hips Hops Other Guys Mics Hip Hop Artist

Author:Caroline Polachek

“I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.”

Looks Feelings Inspired Caricatures Mania

Author:Caroline Polachek

“I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.”

Bigs Wanted Girl Saws Ears Excited Wide Noses

Author:Caroline Polachek

“I'm gonna really enjoy bringing out the catsuit once in a while.”

Enjoy

Author:Caroline Polachek

“No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.”

Drama Tabloids Scum

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.”

World Trying Mean Done

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.”

People

Author:Caroline Polachek

“You know how some trees have those ear mushrooms that just grow off, and you could live on one of those mushrooms and not realize that there was stacks and stacks of others? That's how I describe music scenes in New York. That's one of the trippiest things about living here - just how many parallel universes there are that you can be completely unaware of.”

Universe Realizing Tree Scene Parallel Universe

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I'm amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that's so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention.”

Artist Universe Attention Pay Attention Awe Amazed Music Industry Parallel Universe

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.”

People Thinking Risk Being Yourself Taking Risks

Author:Caroline Polachek

“The music industry has completely restructured itself in the last couple of years because it hasn't been making money. Labels are signing bands they trust as artistic entities, instead of cash cows. They're signing bands because they believe that the bands have tastes beyond anything they could concoct themselves.”

Believe Couple Artistic Making Money Music Industry

Author:Caroline Polachek

“When you meet someone, a friend, who's living out on the road, or living semi-homeless, or leading their life in a radically different way, it makes you think about your own life in a really critical way and feel completely disoriented.”

Thinking Different Make You Think

Author:Caroline Polachek

“Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.”

World

Author:Caroline Polachek

About the Author

Born: June 20, 1985
Known for: Songwriter
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