Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis
Jennifer Diane "Jenny" Lewis is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and has released three solo albums. She performed as part of the duo Jenny & Johnny with boyfriend Johnathan Rice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1976
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
became formative hip listened outside records roll songs
My mother's records were formative for me, but when I became a teenager, I wanted to find songs that she wasn't hip to. She was so hip, though, that I had to go outside rock n' roll - so for about 10 years, I only listened to hip-hop, house and techno.
fluid imagine music people record
I can't imagine how people will react to my music. For me, it's a really fluid process from one record to the next, but it's really up to the listener.
finding records taken time
I'm a late bloomer. It's taken me a long time to find my voice, and I think all the records I've made over the years, I was finding my voice, and that's part of the process.
character helps record
It really helps me to get into the character of the record when I have a designated look. It just really simplifies things for me.
hear music musicians recording tendency
I think a lot of musicians play for the playback. I mean, that's the joy of recording - you want to hear what you've done and what you've contributed - but never listening to that playback kind of removes the intellectual part of making music, and it removes the tendency to be revisionist.
computers digital pro records tools
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.
los pants record themes wore
In the past, like for the last Rilo Kiley record, 'Under the Blacklight,' I wore exclusively hot pants because the themes in that record were the underbelly of Los Angeles.
love record
I love 'Wowee Zowee.' That was the first Pavement record I bought.
betting won
I've won hundreds at the track, but I'm not betting on the afterlife.
creepy rather slightly
It would be nice to create something that's healing rather than slightly creepy and darkly judgmental!
I used to be a huge collector, and my big thing was stickers.
age people wrote
The Rilo Kiley song 'A Better Son/Daughter' is my most requested song - especially for people who are at the age I was when I wrote it. It's sort of a mid-twenties lament.
guess hard love time tried
I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'
life music sort transcends
I've always just had sort of a dark take on life, I suppose, and hopefully, the music transcends that in a way.