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I've Been Writing Music Since I Was About Eight. I Would Write Sporadically. I Wrote A Lot Of Music In High School. I Guess The Oldest Song On The Record ("i Thought I Saw Your Face") Is About Eight Years Old. It's The Old "i Had My Whole Life To Write My First Album And Six Months To Write The Second One." I Did, To Some Degree, But Actually, A Lot Of The Songs That Ended Up On The Record, I Wrote Really Recently. So It Varies.

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Zooey Deschanel

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I've Been Writing Music Since I Was About Eight. I Would Write Sporadically. I Wrote A Lot Of Music In High School. I Guess The Oldest Song On The Record ("i Thought I Saw Your Face") Is About Eight Years Old. It's The Old "i Had My Whole Life To Write My First Album And Six Months To Write The Second One." I Did, To Some Degree, But Actually, A Lot Of The Songs That Ended Up On The Record, I Wrote Really Recently. So It Varies.

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Secretly, I Think Everyone Who Makes Fun Of California Really Does Want To Be In California.

I Was Writing Tons Of Music In My Spare Time. I Might Be On Location Somewhere, And I'd Go Home And I'd Have My Guitar And My Little Keyboard Or Something And Write Music. Or If I Was At Home, On My Piano. I've Always Been A Late Bloomer With A Lot Of Things, Just In General, So I Think This Was Something That Needed To Come To Fruition In This Particular Way.

I Love Movies And I Love To Watch Movies And Being A Part Of The Whole Film Experience. Being A Filmgoer Is A Unique Experience, And It Can Affect You On So Many Levels. But Being An Actor In Movies You Often Have A Very Narrow Palette For Expressing Yourself.

I Think There's A Certain Space People Have Decided I Occupy - The Funny-sidekick Thing.

I'm Not Playing A Comedy. I Want To Be Playing The Truth Of The Moment, And Then Have The Comedy Come Out.

I'm Not Really That Interested In Pandering To An Audience Of People That Are Going To Judge Me Before They Hear Me. If They Hear It And Don't Like It, That's Totally Fine.

I Listened To A Lot Of Joni Mitchell In High School. She Was Sort Of An Inspiration To Me. I Think She's A Great Lyricist, And She Makes Interesting Choices.

I Get Embarrassed A Lot Of Times Getting Attention, But I Like Being Onstage. Do You Know What I Mean? If I'm In A Crowd Of People And They're All Looking At Me, I Will Feel Embarrassed. It's A Strange Dichotomy.

There's A Vegan And Gluten-free Bakery Called Babycakes That I Love. They've Got Shops In New York And Los Angeles. Their Stuff Is Amazing.

I Mean, The Idea That It Might Help Somebody Out Or Help Somebody Make The Decision To Become A Stewardess Or Otherwise... No, That's One Of The Nice Things About Making Music Or Making Movies, Is That Art Does Have The Power To Affect People. I Feel Really Privileged To Be A Part Of That.

No, I've Been Singing Forever. I Started Out Doing Musicals. I Think That Was Part Of The Reason Why They Gave Me The Part, Because I Sang.

I Started Out Doing Musicals.

It's An Addiction. I Love Clothes. I Like To Go Down Melrose And Look In All The Windows And I Go To Different Flea Markets. I Have Lots Of Costumes. You Never Know When You're Going To Have To Dress Up Like A Milkmaid From The 1600s.

I Finally Figured Out How To Read Origami Directions.

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