Jenny Lewis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Song #Real #Writing
If you wanna get to heaven, get out of this world.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Heaven #World #This World
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.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Failure #Solitude #Training
I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Art #Thinking #Important
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 Lewis

#Memories #Las Vegas #Avid
As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Cute #Dark #Trying
I think you kind of lose the human aspect when you make things too perfect.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Thinking #Perfect #Kind
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 Lewis

#Memories #Sleep #Night
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 Lewis

#Song #Love You #Writing
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 Lewis

#Thinking #Ideas #World
I write music, really, to make myself feel better.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Writing #Feel Better
Whenever I have a bunch of tunes written, I always find a kind of uniform that accompanies the songs.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Song #Uniforms #Tunes
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.
-- Jenny Lewis

#Mom #Phones #Hip Hop
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 Lewis

#Song #Names #Long
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 Lewis

#Three #Littles #Week

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