I 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 always choose roles that are, you know, hopefully different from the last role. I don’t wanna do the same thing over and over again because that’s, well, first of all that’s no fun.
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I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I’m the same person.
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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’m not going to say I’m a big girl. I’m a very small person, but I’m a healthy weight. That might be a little weird for Hollywood.
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There’s a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They’ve got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing.
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I think I’d say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.
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I’ll have these internal moments where I’m empathizing with someone else or feeling something myself, but I’m like, “How can I see the best in this situation?” Sometimes those are the moments where you can have the most clarity.
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I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in that music video. That’s so funny.
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I’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.
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Everyone needs a theme song! It should make you feel like a million dollars.
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I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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The first album I bought with my own money was ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’
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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.
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Well I know that you worry a lot about Things you cant control There are so many things wed like to have But we just cannot hold You’ve got to be kind to yourself You’ve got to be kind to yourself
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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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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