Quotes by Jenny Lewis

“Its a different kind of thing opening up for Coldplay,”

“Its a giant melting pot of the people that Ive met over the last couple years. I think the production is a lot more pointedly stripped-down [than Rilo Kiley]. I kind of wanted to let the songs just exist and let the voices tell the story, rather than the guitar and production. I kind of wanted the songs to just kind of float around.”

“Were pretty thrown off by it in a way, but really excited. Were used to playing in front of our fans only.”

“I was playing it for [my best friend] and I was like, I dont know if I should even bring it to Rilo Kiley, I dont know if its necessarily appropriate, ... But she convinced me to do so. Its just kind of a soulful, honest ballad.”

“I originally recorded [the latter] for the solo record, and I wasnt really confident with the way it turned out and I thought that the Kiley — as we refer to our band — would service it a lot better.”

“This is pretty epic,”

“Hey dudes ... this is a love song.”

“I was kind of surprised after making the record, like, Wow, there are a lot of god references here! I didnt realize I was thinking about that so much. There are a lot of cynical elements to these songs, and theres sort of the expression of dissatisfaction ? but not without hope at the end. Its about putting all that aside and having a little bit of faith.”

“Its kinda creepy, right? I think it looks like The Shining .”

I think I have a hard time expressing myself in my relationships. I use songs to tell people how Im feeling. If I cant say I love you, Ill write a song about it and hope that the person figures it out.

I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it it wasnt cool to listen to country when I was 12.

I am a child of digital generation. I have done most of the records with Rilo Kiley on computers, on Pro Tools or other digital programs.

I think Chris Martin is younger than I am, but when I met him, I felt like I was talking to my father. Its so strange, that feeling when someone is that famous - you assume that they are either older or better.

You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad 90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.

Insomnia is a very prevalent issue. Its a womens health issue, and I chose to talk about it because so many people have experienced it to varying degrees. For me, Im doing great now, but it took a lot of work to figure out how to get back to sleep. I had to change some of my habits. I developed some pretty bad sleep ritual habits.

I wouldnt call it a faux pas, but I have about 12 tracksuits. I always travel in a tracksuit. I feel it makes people happy when they see me.

Im a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley One Love positive songs. Thats what the world needs.

My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. They had a lounge act in Las Vegas, where I was born. The band broke up and the marriage dissolved, and my mother, my sister and I moved to Southern California. And I didnt see my dad a lot growing up; he was on the road a lot. Id see him every couple years.

You wouldnt want to be in a rock band - trust me.

When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no Internet, and the only music I had with me was this cassette by Liz Phair. I was writing a lot of poetry, and she embodied a talky style of songwriting that I found very accessible.