Juliette Lewis Quotes

I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

I've composed a fair amount in my life, and some of them have made it on to the screen, some compositions that I've done, a few. And I like doing that. I had never really considered doing a full-length thing. I've worked with other people creating full-length pieces.

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

I'm always writing. And, I mean, I always counsel people when they call me a musician: I really do not have the skills of a musician. I really don't think like a musician, though I love music and I perform and sing.

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.

I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.

The way that I write is I just write a ton of music in the background of my life, and then I just bring it into rehearsal. It's, like, 'Okay, guys. It goes like this. Let's smooth it out.'

I'm usually just writing lyrics alone in my room, but I'm happy to be producing and writing chords anywhere.

I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it makes it different when you're writing for yourself.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

I hope someone thinks I sing good. I'm always working hard to sing better. I sound the way I sound, but I can always be better. I work hard at singing and being a better recording artist.

What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.

I'll try not to let a day go by without making a song. I don't think I've created a lot of music.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.

One of the great things that I loved about doing solo - which I ended up doing because I was too shy to ever try out for bands back in the day - I could sit there with a list of songs and 'paint away' for the show.

It's pretty amazing to write under any circumstances when someone gives you an assignment to write a song, even if it doesn't get accepted. I've written songs a couple of times, some for Disney, that haven't actually ended up in their films, but then you're left with a song forever.

Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.

Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and that story requires songs. And not just good songs, but great songs. After a while, great songs won't do - they have to be the best. Success doesn't make it any easier. Each time I start a new record, it's a brand-new search.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.