A biography for Gracie Abramshasn’t been written yet.
“When I was in high school, I was writing all the time, it was such good practice. But I wasn't writing my best songs.”
“I'll watch or read interviews with artists I've loved forever, and they'll go really hard about what the core of their thing is. It sounds so complicated!”
“I think what we can all do regardless of the size of our platform is really lift the voices of the experts the doctors, the attorneys, the activists who have been on the front lines working to secure our right to have control over our own bodies.”
“Aaron Dessner is an expert at letting the narrative carry the story. He's reminding me constantly of the importance of space and room in my life and in music.”
“I've been trying to figure out how to be as honest as possible while also maintaining the deepest respect for the people in my life.”
“I feel lucky to have grown up in a time where self expression and personal identity is celebrated more and more every day.”
“When I was in middle school, I did the horrific overplucking and had to grow my brows back, so now I try to amplify them as much as I can.”
“I don't read my DMs often because it breaks my brain.”
“For me, I just know I feel better when I stay consistent with my writing. Ten minutes a day, even. Sometimes it's in my notes app.”
“I've always loved space in music, when songs are allowed to breathe and aren't muddied or weighed down by unnecessary production elements.”
“I was afraid for people who didn't know me to know that my dad works in entertainment.”
“I don't know what successful journaling really looks like... I think it really does look so different for everyone who does it, I'm always curious to know how different people go about it.”
“I've been a fan of The National since I was 12 years old.”
“I love being able to look back at certain times in my life through music. It's like this funny documentation process I sometimes regret but mostly appreciate.”
“When I started being nicer to myself I began feeling a lot more beautiful.”
“It's undeniable that there is a privilege in having even grown up around the knowledge of what the entertainment world looks like at all.”
“I didn't want to make 'Minor' twice. And I don't think that I did.”
“I always struggled going against the grain of how pop music should be structured and the seriousness with which people approach writing sessions in Los Angeles.”
“I definitely feel like I have a thicker skin now than I used to, but I also am a perpetually sensitive person.”
“I feel like I've always been writing in isolation.”