“You need to get out of your comfort zone, return to the Midwest, see some family, and, as cheesy as it sounds, work the land - plant some trees, maybe take up watercolor.” NeedsSoundTreeLandReturnComfortPlantZoneComfort ZoneCheesyMidwestWatercolors Author:Lissie
“I'm strong and I can do things that scare me. I can drive in the snow even though it terrifies me. I'm doing it all alone, I don't have a boyfriend, it was like, "I can do this."” I CanStrongCan DoSnowScareAll AloneI Can Do This Author:Lissie
“Iowans are super talkative, like me. I'm very talkative. I'm very curious about strangers.” StrangerLike MeCuriousTalkative Author:Lissie
“I left the Midwest feeling like, "People are small-minded, they don't want to ask questions, they don't want to think out of the box." Some of that was true.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelingsAsksLeftBoxesMidwest Author:Lissie
“I don't want to get into an argument at the bar with some old racist homophobic person.” WantPersonsArgumentBarsRacistHomophobic Author:Lissie
“The more you get into conversations with people, you find out they've been brainwashed by the news and they don't actually know any better.” PeopleKnowsConversationNewsBrainwashed Author:Lissie
“There was a time in my late teens and early 20s where I was motivated by this wanting to get out, to prove to the world that I had something to offer - that kind of youthful spirit, where maybe I had my eye on fame and fortune. I mellowed out in my late 20s and now that I'm in my early 30s, I'm coming to peace with it.” WorldKindEyeSpiritOffersFameProveLateFortuneMotivatedTeensEarly 20s Author:Lissie
“I'll always want to play and share my music with as many people as I can, but the emphasis is more on how do I find a happy place, what's my balance, what's my ideal.” PeopleWantI CanPlayShareBalanceIdealsEmphasisHappy Place Author:Lissie
“Sometimes people think, "You don't get to have it all, you don't get to be happy, life's a struggle," but what if it's not?” PeopleIfsThinkingSometimesStruggleWhat IfHappy Life Author:Lissie
“I was toying with the idea of ambivalence a lot. It's something I work on, not being so invested in outcomes and being more engaged in the process of my life.” IdeasProcessOutcomesEngagedAmbivalence Author:Lissie