Top 25 Lisa Loeb Quotes

When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren’t glued to computers because they didn’t exist, so being active was all we knew.

Also, I’m always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Although my dad was a doctor, we weren’t necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians.

I always find myself stopping to write down ideas of things I’d like to make from computer hardware items to things new moms need – inventions to share with others to make their lives more fun or interesting or easy.

I love when people in culture show up on fictional TV shows. I don’t mind at all being a name from the ’90s.

I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the arts. It was emphasized and expected that we’d play piano.

I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I’ve always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

There’s a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children’s music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn’t normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.

I want to work on some more complicated baking… and it would be interactive!

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.

When someone asks if you’d like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?

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.

The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette.

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.

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I’ll continue on after that tour.

I always wanted to make a children’s album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

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.

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.

The Lisa Loeb Eyewear line was created to satisfy all of those people who always stop me and ask me where I get my glasses because they want some just like mine!

I’m old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

I eat fish and love bacon. Plus, I don’t mind if soups are made with chicken or beef stock, I just don’t like eating big pieces of meat.

I use my cell phone as much as I can – I talk to friends all the time. I’m like 2,000 hours a month. It’s crazy.

I didn’t realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world.