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With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.

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Carrie Brownstein
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 27
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Carrie Rachel Grace Brownstein
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