“We were still quite religious until I was about eight or nine. Then I ...” — Adrianne Lenker Quote

“We were still quite religious until I was about eight or nine. Then I watched my parents take a dramatic turn and discard all religion.”

“I can't really choose how I'm going to connect to music. I find it just has to hit a wave, and just wash over me and take me completely to some other space.”

“I had a band and I didn't go to high school, all my friends were older than me. It was pretty cool to have such a focus at that age, but also it alienated me from a lot of people my age. So I felt pretty lonely and I didn't really have many friends when I was a kid.”

“Harvard is a wondrously tolerant climate for debate and exchange among a wide variety of thoughts, backgrounds, and beliefs, but the voice of religion on campus is largely inaudible.”

“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.”

“The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.”