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In a lot of movies, you’ll see people on crazy dates, and you’re like, ‘No one would ever do that!’

Zooey Deschanel

I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards – Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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Hart Jazz Thinking
My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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People Skinny Tights
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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Comedy Moment Want
Nothing could be as hard as middle school.
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Middle Nothing School
It’s great, because we’ve had some really great people playing with us who really have studied the record and been able to recreate a lot of what was done. But I would need a choir of eight, probably, to do all of the backup vocals.
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Eight Needs People
The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, ‘Oh my God!’
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Clubs Jobs Singing
I LOVE DOWNTOWN LA and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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Downtown Opportunity Spend Time
The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Jobs Party Red
Well, my piano’s really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the ’60s that’s blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the ’20s from Chicago – not a well-known brand or anything.
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Beautiful Piano Two
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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Collaboration Solitary Television
My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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Babysitting Motherly Stuff
I have trouble actually describing myself because I’m always suspicious of people who start describing themselves. I’m like, “OK, why are you trying to tell me what you are?”
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People Trouble Trying
In making a record there are so fewer people involved – at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse.
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People Records Three Trevally
For those of you who tried, but didn’t make it, Settle down it’s never what you think. The summit doesn’t differ from the deep, dark valley, And the valley doesn’t differ from the kitchen sink.
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Dark Kitchen Thinking
I finally figured out how to read origami directions.
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Figured Origami Out
I’ve always straddled a weird line – there’s a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I’m the outsider who’s on the inside.
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Lines Outsiders Stuff

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