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> [I feel that performing is its own art form, and recording is its own art form, and writing is its own art form, and that they all can happen simultaneously but at different paces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-feel-that-performing-is-its-own-art-form-and-recording-is-its-own/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/adrianne-lenker-12530_art_i-feel-that-performing-is-its-own-art-fo_1224892.jpg)

## More by Adrianne Lenker

> [When I first started out in the band, I had so many walls up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/when-i-first-started-out-in-the-band-i-had-so-many-walls-up/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I really love crafting albums and thinking of albums as a whole, not just individual songs or singles or just tracks, but a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-really-love-crafting-albums-and-thinking-of-albums-as-a-whole-not/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [Well, whenever I visit New York it feels pretty romantic, so I sometimes think about coming back here. But then I wonder if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/well-whenever-i-visit-new-york-it-feels-pretty-romantic-so-i/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [It's kind've a cliche but I like when it's raining. I like the feeling of staying in and not being told I should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/it-s-kind-ve-a-cliche-but-i-like-when-it-s-raining-i-like-the-feeling/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [The first song I wrote, when I was 8, was about feeling really angry - like the weight of everything on my shoulders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/the-first-song-i-wrote-when-i-was-8-was-about-feeling-really-angry/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I grew up in the suburbs, sometimes country-like suburbs because we moved around, but mostly suburbs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-grew-up-in-the-suburbs-sometimes-country-like-suburbs-because-we/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I'd gotten used to recording background vocals perfectly, doing 18 takes of them until they line up. Not recognizing the inherent beauty in each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-d-gotten-used-to-recording-background-vocals-perfectly-doing-18/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [Mostly I've just been stealing little moments for myself in order to write - in the bathroom at a hotel, or just slipping away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/mostly-i-ve-just-been-stealing-little-moments-for-myself-in-order-to/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I think I'm learning how to release every day. Recognizing that everything you encounter, touch, or love can become part of you, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-think-i-m-learning-how-to-release-every-day-recognizing-that/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I always said I got my music from my dad, but my mom had these cassettes - Bjoerk and the Cocteau Twins and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-always-said-i-got-my-music-from-my-dad-but-my-mom-had-these/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [We all need ways of processing things. I think I was called to music because it was this thing that was always there for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/we-all-need-ways-of-processing-things-i-think-i-was-called-to-music/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I like leaving a space hollowed out, where as I change I can inject new meaning in the shell of the songs all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-like-leaving-a-space-hollowed-out-where-as-i-change-i-can-inject/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [I had a band and I didn't go to high school, all my friends were older than me. It was pretty cool to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/i-had-a-band-and-i-didn-t-go-to-high-school-all-my-friends-were-older/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [My parents divorced when I was 12, and leading up to that it was... not without turbulence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/my-parents-divorced-when-i-was-12-and-leading-up-to-that-it-was-not/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

> [My dad was basically my manager from ages 13 to 16. I was on this train towards becoming a child pop star. Not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/my-dad-was-basically-my-manager-from-ages-13-to-16-i-was-on-this/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

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