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

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• Courtney Barnett:

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

• Courtney Barnett:

  I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing tha

• Courtney Barnett:

  I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

• Courtney Barnett:

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

• Courtney Barnett:

  Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the worl

• Courtney Barnett:

  I never planned to be a professional artist - I just want to be a sustainable artist. I guess they'

• Courtney Barnett:

  I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I writ

• Courtney Barnett:

  What's funny about the slacker thing, people project an image of what they think a musician is: you

• Courtney Barnett:

  When I started Milk! Records, it was a pretty non-profit making venture.

• Courtney Barnett:

  People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innova