Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song "Stay", which was included in the film Reality Bites. She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract. Her five studio CDs include her major label debut, the gold-selling Tails and its follow-up, the Grammy-nominated, gold-selling Firecracker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth11 March 1968
CityBethesda, MD
CountryUnited States of America
My overnight success was really 15 years in the making, ... Id been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.
The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.
A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working
I've learned from dieting and not dieting that literally the thing that works best for me is that if I think of it, I better go ahead and have it.
It's important to learn how to tell a story, ... It can be in a very direct way. It can be in a very poetic way. It can be very personal, and sometimes it can seem like it's very personal.
And you said that I was naiveAnd I thought that I was strongI thought "hey I can leave, I can leave"But now I know that I was wrong cause I missed youYeah I missed you
connect with more people on a larger scale.
I use my cell phone as much as I can-I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy.
I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and 10 years ago I started recording kid's music, too.
I want children to be glued to interactive books that encourage singing and dancing. I feel when kids work together it brings about a different energy.
Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.
I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.
When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew.
Again, I don't hold it against somebody if they don't know who I am - I don't know who a lot of people are.