NY Times asks artists about their "Great Moments in Inspiration"

It’s actually the footage of Nina Simone performing live at Montreux in 1976 — when I watch that, it’s like I never want to sit down again. I never want to do anything that doesn’t involve hunger and ache. You feel like you never want to be complacent or smug or entitled, and you want to ask and demand — not only of yourself but of the audience — to try harder, to feel more, to be bolder, to participate. 

Carrie Brownstein, NY Times: Great Moments in Inspiration, September 27, 2012