One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it’s my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI don’t like to plan harmonies too much, because there’s something fun that happens when you just sing a pass, then sing another pass, and layer them on top of each other.
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One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.
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I think that it’s our responsibility to create a world in which girls can grow up and not have to limit their dreams or possibilities.
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California is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone
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I like to learn things slow, I like learning alot, I like to get it all again and in the end, You know you get what you got…
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There’s something about guitars, they’re just so big, you know what I mean? You’re just like, ‘Ugh!’ It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
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I have been a harmony enthusiast since I was a child, singing in choir and with friends growing up. I always put a ton of harmonies on my demos.
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Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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The internet’s like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It’s fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don’t care to hear it.
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I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don’t try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I don’t like business talkers, you know, people who are constantly like, ‘Blah blah blah movies.’ I find it incredibly boring.
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I’m not playing a comedy. I want to be playing the truth of the moment, and then have the comedy come out.
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I can’t go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
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