Lou Doillon Quotes about Writing

The more you’re writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it’s at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

The more you’re writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it’s at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.

Lou Doillon

Writing, People, Intention

"Lou Doillon? At 30, With Her First CD, She Won a French Grammy. Now Her CD Is Here. Lucky Us" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2013.

I'm a very compulsive person, so I spend most of my time drawing or writing my diary, patching things up and carving bits of wood - I've carved two of my guitars.

Lou Doillon

Writing, Guitar, Two

"Lou Doillon love and finds her voice". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 7, 2012.

I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.

Lou Doillon

Father, Writing, Men

"Lou Doillon? At 30, With Her First CD, She Won a French Grammy. Now Her CD Is Here. Lucky Us" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2013.

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write.

Lou Doillon

Writing, Guitar, Acoustics

I'm horrified most of the time. I wish it was more complicated, but at the same time, each time I try to complicate it I hate it because I hate the idea of writing to impress.

Lou Doillon

Hate, Writing, Ideas

"Lou Doillon’s Canadian Love Affair". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 19, 2016.