Lola Kirke
Birthday: 27 September 1990, Westminster, London, England, UK
Birth Name: Lola Clementine C. Kirke
Height: 160 cm
Kirke was raised in New York City from the age of 5. She is the daughter of Simon Kirke, the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free. Her mother is Lorraine (née Dellal) Kirke, the owne ...Show More
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the m Show more
The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. It was something that I didn't have the most fun associations around. A lot of people don't - they think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis. Hide
I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music.
I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music.
I definitely wanted to be famous as a kid, but as I've gotten older, I feel less comfortable with it Show more
I definitely wanted to be famous as a kid, but as I've gotten older, I feel less comfortable with it. Hide
I think the merging of high and low culture is so fascinating.
I think the merging of high and low culture is so fascinating.
I'm the only one in my family with an American accent.
I'm the only one in my family with an American accent.
I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just Show more
I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just don't have that much time on my hands. I don't have the gift of going back to being a child and having my brain develop around this instrument. Hide
As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been p Show more
As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift. Hide
We have this idea of artists being on the fringe and being debauched and strange. I don't think that Show more
We have this idea of artists being on the fringe and being debauched and strange. I don't think that people who commit themselves to classical arts should be exempt from that. Hide
I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.
I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.