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I used to think, if I could realise I'd dieThen I would be a lot nicerUsed to believe in a lot moreNow I just see straight aheadThat's not to say I don't have good timesBut as for my days, I spend them waiting...
Jenny Lewis
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It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.
Jenny Lewis
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My mother's records were formative for me, but when I became a teenager, I wanted to find songs that she wasn't hip to. She was so hip, though, that I had to go outside rock n' roll - so for about 10 years, I only listened to hip-hop, house and techno.
Jenny Lewis
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I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.
Jenny Lewis
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There's blood in my mouthCause I've been biting my tongue all week I keep on talking trashBut I never say anythingAnd the talking leads to touchingAnd the touching leads to sexAnd then there is no mystery left
Jenny Lewis
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It would be nice to create something that's healing rather than slightly creepy and darkly judgmental!
Jenny Lewis
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I don't write songs, play music and tour, really, for anyone else but myself. It's something that I have to do to stay alive.
Jenny Lewis
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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 Lewis
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I love kids, but there's always time for them later. You can always adopt; you can have a puppy. The songs are my children.
Jenny Lewis
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I scored one film by myself, which was the hardest thing I think I've ever done.
Jenny Lewis
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You wouldn't want to be in a rock band - trust me.
Jenny Lewis
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I learn lessons with every interview I give.
Jenny Lewis
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You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.
Jenny Lewis
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I'm constantly dodging people in L.A. There are some people I don't ever wanna see again, but if you live where you grew up, you're running into people constantly.
Jenny Lewis
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When you jump up the Earth wants you back.
Jenny Lewis
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Sometimes you don't understand what you're going through until you're on the other side of it.
Jenny Lewis
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I have that working-class show-business blood coursing through my veins.
Jenny Lewis
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Rilo Kiley was a rock band, so I wanted my solo records to feel different.
Jenny Lewis
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When I think people like one record more than the other, then someone will surprise me.
Jenny Lewis
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I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.
Jenny Lewis
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It's pretty amazing to write under any circumstances when someone gives you an assignment to write a song, even if it doesn't get accepted. I've written songs a couple of times, some for Disney, that haven't actually ended up in their films, but then you're left with a song forever.
Jenny Lewis
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It's interesting how songs can evolve. Sometimes I'll write a song that feels relevant in the moment, but four years later, I don't want to sing it anymore. Then something will happen in my life, and the song becomes relevant again.
Jenny Lewis
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It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.
Jenny Lewis
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I felt like onstage I have to have a certain amount of anonymity, like, personal anonymity, to feel loose and free. When you're up there with people who've known you for a decade, and you make a bad joke and you hear the cackling behind the drums, it's hard to get lost in the moment.
Jenny Lewis
