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?”
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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?”
ZOOEY DESCHANELGrowing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money.
ZOOEY DESCHANELCalifornia is a great big nation of one They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone
ZOOEY DESCHANELGirls get competitive, as though there’s only one spot in the world for everything _ but that’s not true. We need to stick together and see there’s more to life than pleasing men. It’s important not to cut yourself off from female friendships. I think sometimes girls get scared of other girls, but you need each other.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI hate camping, but I love summer camp.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThat’s one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It’s a moment in time, and the less it’s messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI feel like I can’t fully understand what’s happening now until I really understand what’s happened before. But you do get sort of bogged down a little bit when you’re trying to study so many years’ worth of music. It can be a little bit overwhelming.
ZOOEY DESCHANELIf you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’d be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means… Yeah, authentic and creative.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’ve always been a late bloomer with a lot of things, just in general, so I think this was something that needed to come to fruition in this particular way.
ZOOEY DESCHANELYeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it’s modest.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she’s a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
ZOOEY DESCHANELFor 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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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