Adrianne Lenker Quotes, born July 9, 1991, in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and lead vocalist of the indie rock band Big Thief, as well as an acclaimed solo artist. Raised in a Christian cult until age four and later homeschooled in Minnesota, Lenker began writing songs at eight and released her first solo album at 13. Her solo works, including Songs (2020), Bright Future (2024), and albums with Big Thief like U.F.O.F. (2019), blend folk, rock, and poetic lyricism, earning her a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. These 15 quotes—sourced from interviews, web content, and public statements—reflect her thoughts on music, vulnerability, and the human experience, capturing her introspective depth and reverence for life’s fleeting beauty.
15 Adrianne Lenker Quotes
- “I think I’m learning how to release every day. Recognizing that everything you encounter, touch, or love can become part of you, and in essence never disappears, as long as you can recall it to memory or heart.” (Interview, Wikiquote, 2024)
- “Everything is fleeting and passing and impermanent in life. Relationships, people, our finite physical forms… We let go of our childhoods, we let go of different parts of our body, we lose elasticity in our skin, and we lose hair and we lose teeth.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It’s about surrendering to this feeling of utter fragility, and singing through the volatility of it all. The earth is unstable, and I’m part of the earth.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “The acoustic guitar is my first love, I’ve been playing since I was a kid, and I feel the most at home when I’m sitting with an acoustic.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “A lot of our creative flow comes from a place of curiosity and exploration. It often feels like we’re excavating and asking questions and not just giving answers but really just exploring.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I never went through a wave of hating Christianity, even though my parents were born-again Christians, and there were a lot of ideas that were being practiced that I think were misguided.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “My mother was really beautiful, and I had to deal with her being objectified my entire childhood. But she also had this depth and purity that was almost otherworldly.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “When you’re playing music and you’re starting to expose yourself for the first time, there’s nothing more powerful than being listened to and being actually heard.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It’s rare for me to sit in a room with my guitar and feel like I can’t stop playing, because it just sounds so good.” (Interview, GQ, 2020)
- “The first song I wrote, when I was 8, was about feeling really angry—like the weight of everything on my shoulders.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I’m attracted to wilderness in any sense. Which is why I’m attracted to New York in a way, because I feel like it’s a wilderness of people and textures.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I really love crafting albums and thinking of albums as a whole, not just individual songs or singles or just tracks, but a whole entire album.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “It doesn’t feel like it’s just originating from my brain. It feels like I’m following an invisible thread of intuition, from one choice to the next.” (Interview, Wikiquote, 2024)
- “I think there’s a part of me that, beginning to end, it’s unknown why we’re here or what it is we’re doing or what we are.” (Interview, Paste Magazine, 2024)
- “I sing to my mother a lot, because she always has that bridge to this great magic. It’s real through her.” (Interview, Paste Magazine, 2024)
Adrianne Lenker’s quotes are a poetic blend of vulnerability, curiosity, and reverence for life’s mysteries, inspiring listeners to embrace the impermanent and find magic in the everyday. Which one’s got you ready to strum a guitar or reflect on your own story? Drop it in the comments and keep Lenker’s soulful legacy alive!
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