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" Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life. "

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" Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour. "

Lisa Loeb

New

Starting

Songs

" I love when people in culture show up on fictional TV shows. I don't mind at all being a name from the '90s. "

" I want children to be glued to interactive books that encourage singing and dancing. I feel when kids work together it brings about a different energy. "

" One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself. "

Lisa Loeb

Musicians

Myself

" Where I grew up in Dallas, things might be a little more traditional. People have the same things in mind. They're supposed to grow up, go to college, get a job, get married, and have children, grandchildren. That's the world I grew up in. "

" I eat fish and love bacon. Plus, I don't mind if soups are made with chicken or beef stock, I just don't like eating big pieces of meat. "

" Although my dad was a doctor, we weren't necessarily a super-artsy family. We were just a classic, traditional family who got to take a lot of piano lessons and became a bunch of musicians. "

" I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived! "

" I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up. "

" When I was a kid, for me, the '60s seemed so far away. But I was actually born in the late '60s. "

" The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band. "

" I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and 10 years ago I started recording kid's music, too. "

" I think people are always nostalgic for a time about 20 years before they were born. "

" I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs. "

" I always find myself stopping to write down ideas of things I'd like to make from computer hardware items to things new moms need - inventions to share with others to make their lives more fun or interesting or easy. "

" I have three siblings. My sister makes music. My older brother is a classical conductor, and my younger brother is a mixing engineer. "

" You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited. "

" I'm making a record that's half stripped down acoustic which is the way I perform a lot and half of it is very produced. It's really hard to keep music simple but I was trying to keep it simple and focus on one or two instruments and vocals. "

" When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew. "

" Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports? "

" The Lisa Loeb Eyewear line was created to satisfy all of those people who always stop me and ask me where I get my glasses because they want some just like mine! "

Lisa Loeb

Always

Glasses

" I didn't realize what an impact having a No. 1 single would have. It connects me with people of different ages, and I get to travel all over the world. "

" A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working. "

Lisa Loeb

Voice

Friend

" As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs. "

" I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds. "

" I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal. "

" I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy. "

" Again, I don't hold it against somebody if they don't know who I am - I don't know who a lot of people are. "

" I want to work on some more complicated baking... and it would be interactive! "

Lisa Loeb

Baking

Complicated

" There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships. "