Quotes by Jill Sobule

About Jill Sobule:

Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing. An appreciable percentage of her work is also dedicated to detailed accounts of both her own fictional female creations and such troubled but celebrated women as Joey Heatherton and Mary Kay Letourneau, whose stories are usually used to make ironic comments about fame and celebrity.
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People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music tha...

Jill Sobule

I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me because I am totally appreciative, and I like my fans! They seem to have the same interests as me. They are kind of nerdy and cool - and have good ta...

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I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

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I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.

Jill Sobule

I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough. When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really...

Jill Sobule

I don't have a Madonna-sized fan base, so I can actually e-mail and talk to everyone that e-mails me, because I am totally appreciative and I like my fans!

Jill Sobule

When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.

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I was a weird kid.

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As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

Jill Sobule

I think I'm different from a lot of singer-songwriters because some of my favorite singer-songwriters told stories. Like John Prine.

Jill Sobule

I always did go against the singer-songwriter form. I think I've always had a lot of storytelling songs.

Jill Sobule

I'm an older woman who's not going to have a shiny pop song ever again, so that gives me license to do whatever the hell I want.

Jill Sobule

I was very inspired by the videos of the crowds at the Palin rallies.

Jill Sobule

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a spy detective or a rock star.

Jill Sobule

I haven't learned anything new on guitar since high school. And I think it's time to learn something.

Jill Sobule

I had a brother six years older than me, so I wasn't just listening to teenybopper stuff. My brother had the cooler music, but my parents had the Burt Bacharach, Tom Jones, the Association, the Fifth Dimension; these groups were un-cool, but I secret...

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I like being a storyteller. I'm bored with myself; I like to write about others. I have a lot of names in my songs: Karen, Margaret, Mary Kay. Even if it's about me, I want to put it through someone else. The music is the soundtrack to the story.

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When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy Cahn was asked what comes first, the lyrics or the music, and he said, 'The paycheck.'

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Author Bio

  • NameJill Sobule
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornJanuary 16, 1965
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer