Jenny Lewis quotes
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“I'm removed in my real life, and unable to express certain things face to face. So I have always found myself in this fantasy world. That's why I started writing songs and stories from a very young age. I'd much rather walk around anonymously cooking up tales than face the people that I have known forever.”
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“If you wanna get to heaven, get out of this world.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Song: The Voyager, Album: The Voyager, 2014
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“Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned, you'll be surprised... as your solitude subsides.”
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“I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.wbur.org
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“I was born in Las Vegas and my babysitter was a female Elvis Presley impersonator. My first memory is being in her arms and she was fully dressed up as Elvis. She was an avid thrift-shopper so I started going to thrift shops when I was very young. You could put something together for no money at all.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : "Jenny Lewis made the move from child actor into music for the right reasons". Interview with Chrissie Dickinson, www.chicagotribune.com. August 30, 2016.
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“As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Interview with William Goodman, www.spin.com. July 16, 2010.
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“I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“It's amazing how quickly things start to change when you haven't slept. Your memory goes. Physically, you don't feel well. Emotionally, you're all over the place - you know, if you miss one night of sleep. You can only imagine five nights of not sleeping. I was in an alternate state of reality.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.wbur.org
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“I think I have a hard time expressing myself in my relationships. I use songs to tell people how I'm feeling. If I can't say 'I love you,' I'll write a song about it and hope that the person figures it out.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : "Jenny Lewis' Five-Year Plan for Zero Insecurities". Interview with Justine Harman, www.elle.com. January 24, 2014.
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“I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“I write music, really, to make myself feel better.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.wbur.org
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“Whenever I have a bunch of tunes written, I always find a kind of uniform that accompanies the songs.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : "Jenny Lewis made the move from child actor into music for the right reasons". Interview with Chrissie Dickinson, www.chicagotribune.com. August 30, 2016.
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“I felt like hip-hop was my music, it was like my outsider music... but then my mom started answering our phone, 'Yo, what's up.' She was hearing me talk to my friends. I was like, 'No, mom, don't cop the hip-hop talk.”
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“When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel. It just took me a really long time to get to a place where I felt comfortable with the material and the recording.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : "Jenny Lewis and the New". Interview with Ilana Kaplan, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 29, 2014.
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“I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.”
-- Jenny LewisSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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