There were a lot of times that I'd rather be hanging out with friends, or out at a show, but instead I stay home and work on music. It's important to me that I make a lot of work and… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to turn things down in the interest of being able to do the weird, magical thing that you do that takes… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
I will say this: it's important to work hard, but you have to know your limits. There's always another show, but if there's no… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
There's not a second of my time on tour where I'm not engaged with something. It is the hardest job - a great job, and I love it - but truly the hardest job I've ever had. There's no time away, there's no time off, and it's so exhausting. I drive myself around in a van, and I don't have… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
A lot of mantras that I use in my daily life to get through - to move through the world in peace and harmony with myself - find their way into the music that I make. Many of the lines that people seem to be drawn to in my music really come from these mantras that I repeat to myself… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
I don't think of music as being a competition - what I make is exactly what I want it to be for me, and it's not better or worse than anything else. I'm just trying to be the best at what I am, or that I possibly can be. And when I've done that, I feel incredibly confident and there's… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
Sometimes you have to say no to things that people don't want you to say no to in the interest of self-preservation. I definitely went through some times that I did more than I could handle, and I was trying to make decisions for the best of my career; the irony was that those decisions were a direct cause of… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
I really don't see the point of making music if you don't love it, and I'm lucky enough to say I love my music,… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
There were a lot of times that I'd rather be hanging out with friends, or out at a show, but instead I stay home… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
I would like to go back in time and remind myself that when you're working in music field, it's very easy to overestimate how… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
I'm a real people pleaser, and for a while I was really desperate to make a kind of thing that would satisfy everyone, and… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I know so many people in the world, but it's also heartbreaking because I'm only one person, and I only have… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
I really like to plan and think ahead and put things in their place. I'm a bit of a control freak. In many ways,… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
