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. It’s all so connected that we lose everything, but also, we never lose anything.

There's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do.

Real love makes your lungs black Real love is a heart attack

I see all parallels.

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... maybe I don't even fully understand once I've written it, but it just feels right. And I just trust that. And then over time, it reveals its layers of meaning to me. That's a mark of what I feel is a good song. It keeps me wanting to play it.

I drove in circles 'round the freight train yard and he turned the headlights off Then he pulled the bottle out then he showed me what was love

This place smells like piss and beer.