124 Quotes by Jenny Lewis

I'm always pretty nervous when I do anything! I walk very slowly. I'm very careful.

I felt like hip-hop was my music, it was like my outsider music... but then my mom started answering our phone, 'Yo, what's up.' She was hearing me talk to my friends. I was like, 'No, mom, don't cop the hip-hop talk.

I'm a pretty terrible rapper. I always have been.

I'm an American songwriter, and I write from a very American perspective, and so did the records I grew up listening to.

I think I have a hard time expressing myself in my relationships. I use songs to tell people how I'm feeling. If I can't say 'I love you,' I'll write a song about it and hope that the person figures it out.

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.

I'm a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley 'One Love' positive songs. That's what the world needs.

I have a great work ethic - from watching Lucille Ball, not necessarily my own family.

If I'm not crying while writing a song, I'm not doing it right.