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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

Zooey Deschanel

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Zooey Deschanel
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 17
Actor
Actress
Banjoist
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Film Actor
Musician
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Singer
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LA
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Zooey Claire Deschanel
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I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.
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When I was 13, I wasn't the coolest kid in my class, and that inner dork is a wonderful thing to have.
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I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that's my taste in music - my taste in chord progressions and melodies.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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If I'm going to be 'too' anything, 'too cute' is fine. I love puppies. So what? Who hates puppies?
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There's thieves among us Painting the walls All kinds of lies , and lies I never told it all
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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.'
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep -feel it all. Look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.
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I think penguins are cute.
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I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts.
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