You get to a point in relationships where you don't want to push anything, but things need to change, move on, or develop. Lisa Loeb More Quotes by Lisa Loeb More Quotes From Lisa Loeb One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself. Lisa Loeb come-up musician expectations I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal. Lisa Loeb alaska rooms thinking I think people are always nostalgic for a time about 20 years before they were born. Lisa Loeb people years thinking If you haven't noticed so far, I think sleep is really important. Lisa Loeb important sleep thinking I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer. Lisa Loeb mixing sibling brother Ive 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. Lisa Loeb ive-learned dieting thinking Where I grew up in Dallas, things might be a little more traditional. People have the same things in mind. They're supposed to grow up, go to college, get a job, get married, and have children, grandchildren. That's the world I grew up in. Lisa Loeb growing-up jobs children The time between meeting, and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love. Lisa Loeb falling-in-love leaving sometimes My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. Lisa Loeb writing song years 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. Lisa Loeb musician play two The guys in my band are great-we watch movies, we eat pizza, take walks, read books. Everybody has a really great sense of humor. And my boyfriend comes and visits me on the road. Lisa Loeb humor reading book I'm making a record that's half stripped down acoustic which is the way I perform a lot and half of it is very produced. It's really hard to keep music simple but I was trying to keep it simple and focus on one or two instruments and vocals. Lisa Loeb focus simple two Don't force things to happen. Lisa Loeb force happens 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 Lisa Loeb voice song book My nutritionist always said to eat whatever you want. Lisa Loeb nutritionist want said The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette. Lisa Loeb vegetables night order I have so much joy in my life. I love my husband and kids so much. So much love. I'm also more focused now on spending more time at home and in town instead of going on tour. Because of that nesting, I find that I'm even more into writing and creating. Lisa Loeb husband home writing When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s. Lisa Loeb far-away born kids Yeah, well, food is always a part of everything. Lisa Loeb wells yeah They rise in the morning, and they sleep in the dark. And even though nobody's looking, she's falling apart. Lisa Loeb morning sex fall