Sometimes you need to turn things down in the interest of being able to do the weird, magical thing that you do that takes so much of your time, and effort, and requires so much of your vulnerability and presence.… — 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 and work on music. It's important to me that I make a lot of work and have a lot of variety and change for myself, because of the kind of personality I have. I have to… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
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 much of yourself you have to give. It's obviously a competitive field, and it's hard work, and it matters if it's something that you care about, so you have to really pour yourself into it. But… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share
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
