20+ Lola Kirke Quotes On Music, Marriage And Sale Review

The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis. — Lola Kirke

I started playing music when I was 18. My heart was just broken so badly that I decided that I really wanted to start playing music. It felt like the only thing that I could do in response to that. And I've been playing ever since. — Lola Kirke

I had no kind of work ethic and I always felt that music - especially rock 'n' roll - was a more for boys. — Lola Kirke

Growing up with my dad being a musician, it seemed like a male centric world to me. I just didn't know many girls playing guitar. — Lola Kirke

There's something really natural to me about being what they call in the business a "hyphenate." Being a musician-actor or writer-musician-actor. — Lola Kirke

I guess I was always envious of people who got to move to New York for college because they got to see the city that I, perhaps, was pretty jaded by with new eyes and discover for themselves that Andy Warhol was dead. — Lola Kirke

As soon as I saw myself beginning to be way too comfortable on a film set or TV set, and not stimulated by it the way that I had been that had brought me to want to be there professionally and creatively, was the moment that I started getting really, really sad. I decided, "Okay, I just want to actually be here, how can I make this be interesting for me?" — Lola Kirke

You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily. — Lola Kirke

I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me. — Lola Kirke

Even though I was performing all the time as an actress and I was doing all of these plays as a kid, there's a vulnerability about being a musician that you don't get [when] you perform somebody else's work. — Lola Kirke

Making music is so much more self-motivated. It's my own music. It's my own time. I don't have a team around me that's helped me make everything. — Lola Kirke

All my best girlfriends play guitar now, which is kind of a funny world to live in. — Lola Kirke

I realized that I really didn't like the sound of the ukulele so much so I started playing the guitar. — Lola Kirke

When I have no idea what to do with how I'm feeling, I generally make a song out of it. — Lola Kirke

It takes a lot of courage to be a performer. — Lola Kirke

The idea of choosing something that you want to be, that you identify as, at a young age and pursuing that without question - for me that was acting. — Lola Kirke

You perform the thing that you made, that's inside of you, and to subject that to any kind of scrutiny is terrifying. It's still terrifying to me. — Lola Kirke

I'm going to be a better actor, or I'm going to try to be a better actor. I'm going to try to be a better musician. I'm going to be an artist instead of just this one thing. — Lola Kirke

Aligning my music with something that feels morally and politically passionate to me feels good. — Lola Kirke

Perhaps like attracts like, and that's why I found myself in a circle of women who are so passionate about making music. — Lola Kirke

Life Lessons by Lola Kirke

  1. Lola Kirke has demonstrated that it is possible to have a successful career in both acting and music, showing that it is possible to pursue multiple creative endeavors.
  2. Kirke has also demonstrated the importance of using one's platform to raise awareness of important social issues, such as gender equality and mental health.
  3. Lastly, Kirke's work has highlighted the need for more diverse representation in the entertainment industry, inspiring others to pursue their dreams and create more inclusive stories.
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