There are a million examples of not feeling the jazz, but using the jazz. Zooey Deschanel More Quotes by Zooey Deschanel More Quotes From Zooey Deschanel One of the things I love about doing things that are creative is that I feel like it's my right as an artist not to be affected by the reactions of those people that are going to hear my songs. Zooey Deschanel artistsongpeople When I was 13, I wasn't the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have. Zooey Deschanel wonderfulclasskids The internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it. Zooey Deschanel wallfreedombelieve I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it. Zooey Deschanel skinsjobspeople One of the privileges of doing television is the ability to evaluate my own performance and try to improve upon it. Zooey Deschanel privilegetryingtelevision I've always straddled a weird line - there's a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I'm the outsider who's on the inside. Zooey Deschanel outsiderslinesstuff My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. Zooey Deschanel motherlybabysittingstuff I still have in me the same awareness when I was 12 and chubby and a girl was spitting in my face. I'm the same person. Zooey Deschanel girlawarenessfaces I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are. Zooey Deschanel tiredstressenergy Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier. Zooey Deschanel my-favoritesummerfeels That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment. Zooey Deschanel powerfullisteningsong I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.' Zooey Deschanel dreampeoplethinking I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative. Zooey Deschanel creativemeanpeople I think comedy's just about being interested in comedy and what makes people laugh and experimenting. Zooey Deschanel laughingpeoplethinking I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life. Zooey Deschanel wanttryingpeople I like to learn things slow, I like learning alot, I like to get it all again and in the end, You know you get what you got... Zooey Deschanel endsknows I went to Northwestern because I had gone to a really nontraditional high school. I was like, 'It'd be cool to have a traditional college experience.' Then I was like, 'Oh, but none of these people understand what's cool about me. My specialness is not appreciated in this place.' Zooey Deschanel collegepeopleschool Most of my music theory knowledge is based on piano. But I write on guitar a lot, too. I'm not a great guitar player by any means. I'm not a great instrumentalist. I play piano on stage. I don't play guitar on stage, but I use it to write quite a lot. Zooey Deschanel playerwritingmean True love that lasts forever... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves. Zooey Deschanel grandparentbelieveyears I'm a romantic, but I'm not a romantic in the traditional sense. I like to romanticize what happens to me. Whatever happens to me - you could quantify it as good or bad - I romanticize it. I think along the lines of 'When that thing happened, it made me who I am.' That kind of thing. It's a different way of being romantic. Zooey Deschanel lineswho-i-amthinking
