Song Quotes by Adrianne Lenker

11 Song quotes by Adrianne Lenker

Adrianne Lenker sees song as a fragile thread linking memory and feeling, each line a delicate stitch. In eleven concise reflections, she offers a window into her habit of turning quiet moments into lyrical whispers.

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We all need ways of processing things. I think I was called to music because it was this thing that was always…

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I like leaving a space hollowed out, where as I change I can inject new meaning in the shell of the songs…

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I want everyone to feel very welcomed in the space of our music and our songs, it doesn't matter what you believe…

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I'll get a few words and then go back to the music and then back to words, and play them off each…

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I always said I got my music from my dad, but my mom had these cassettes - Bjoerk and the Cocteau Twins…

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I can't really choose how I'm going to connect to music. I find it just has to hit a wave, and just…

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The first song I wrote, when I was 8, was about feeling really angry - like the weight of everything on my shoulders.

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When an audience takes to a song and it becomes older, in a way it changes it entirely. And then the journey…

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There's something special in music about the repetition of playing something where it becomes a home and a fortress and a space…

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The acoustic guitar is my first love, I've been playing since I was a kid, and I feel the most at home…

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When I was born, my dad was playing music, so I'm pretty sure he was singing to me in the womb. I…

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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…

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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…

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