There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThere is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.
ZOOEY DESCHANELIn an ideal world no one would talk before 10am. People would just hug, because waking up is really hard.
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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThere are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters – ‘He does this, and she’s a really interesting character because she does this.’ I’m not like that at all. I’m not an actory actor.
ZOOEY DESCHANELIt’s very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don’t mean to say it’s very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that’s my taste in music – my taste in chord progressions and melodies.
ZOOEY DESCHANELThat is so personal, and it’s my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it’s always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?
ZOOEY DESCHANELIf you can make a character likable that’s not very nice, that’s the challenge of the job.
ZOOEY DESCHANELSometimes Matt and I just do duets folk-style. Part of the fun of seeing a live show is having it be different from the way that you hear it in your bedroom or wherever you listen to music.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI 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.
ZOOEY DESCHANELI’ve been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school. I guess the oldest song on the record (“I Thought I Saw Your Face”) is about eight years old.
ZOOEY DESCHANELLove is individual to each person and I don’t think you can define it before experiencing it because it isn’t going to be the same for everybody.
ZOOEY DESCHANELSites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I’d say it’s appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
ZOOEY DESCHANELWhen I was a little bit younger The strain I was under could make me cry. Now I’m a little bit older, A little bit bolder, Never so shy
ZOOEY DESCHANELFor those of you who thought you’d be forgotten, The friends you’ve made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go…
ZOOEY DESCHANELModern recording has made it so that people can spend forever taking shortcuts and making everything uniform, but that strips music of what makes it exciting.
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