Ballads of Suburbia Quotes

“I automatically assume people won't like me, so I don't talk to them unless they approach me first. I can't become a part of a crowd because I can't get past that feeling that I don't belong.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“It's the ballads I like best, and I'm not talking about the clichéd ones where a diva hits her highest note or a rock band tones it down a couple of notches for the ladies. I mean a true ballad. Dictionary definition: a song that tells a story in short stanzas and simple words, with repetition, refrain, etc. My definition: the punk rocker or the country crooner telling the story of his life in three minutes, reminding us of the numerous ways to screw up.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“A lot of ballads are about the mistakes we inevitably make while trying to figure out how to live our lives.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“That was the ballad of suburbia: give me loud to drown out the silence.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“I was going to survive and have to deal with all the losses and all the messes I'd made.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“Maybe everyone would have fewer problems if they talked about them.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia

“He was pathetic. My mother was pathetic. I came from pathetic. Pathetic that couldn't take care of me.”
― Stephanie Kuehnert, Ballads of Suburbia