- Born
- Birth nameElisabeth Corrin Maurus
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Lissie was born on November 21, 1982 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Footloose (2011), Hall Pass (2011) and Paranoia (2013).
- Husky voice
- Her single "When I'm Alone," was chosen by iTunes UK as their song of the year 2010.
- Was expelled in her senior year of high school.
- She is a fan of fantasy literature, citing His Dark Materials and the Harry Potter series as favorites.
- Worked with Snow Patrol on their new upcoming album due out in Autumn 2011.
- Is close friends with British singer Ellie Goulding.
- I'm not trying to be cocky or arrogant; I'm just saying I'm confident that what I'm doing is coming from a real place. I might not sell six million downloads of my first single, but hopefully I will be around for a long while.
- I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I came from a musical family - my mom sang to me and my sister, and my grandfather was a singer - so singing was something I picked up and enjoyed doing from a young age. I grew up in Rock Island, IL, where I took voice lessons, had dance and singing classes in school, and performed in shows and musicals - I played the lead in Annie when I was nine. When I got to high school around age 14, I was compelled to start writing songs because I was going through the kind of stuff everyone goes through when they're an adolescent, and songwriting was my release. I wanted to move away from my technical training and do something with more feeling. I wanted to sing from the rougher edges of my voice, and I started teaching myself guitar. I started smoking around that time, too, so my voice changed a little bit, which probably wasn't good. (laughing) I had a bad experience with my high school choir teacher, and I couldn't ever really grasp music theory. Eventually, I was kicked out of high school, but I went to college anyway. I'm the youngest of four and have three really smart older siblings. They all went to good schools because that's just what you did in my family. I decided to fill out an online application for Colorado State University because it seemed like it would be easy to get into and because I like to ski. (laughing) I got accepted, but I didn't study music because, to me, music was more about my passion, emotions, and the five chords I knew how to play. I had a great time at Colorado State, though, and there was a good music scene, so I got a lot of experience playing live shows in coffee shops and bars. Then, when I was 21, I moved to LA. Growing up in the Midwest, LA seemed like the place to go to make it. About five years ago [20], I got a record deal and met my bandmates. Since then, my sound has evolved from that of an acoustic singer-songwriter to a four-piece rock band.
- I forgot that I even said that! [answering 'what was the worst piece of advice you were ever given?' by recalling the time she accidentally smoked crystal meth] I think I was delirious and I thought it was funny. Anyway... when I was between 15 and 25 - not even 25 - I smoked weed. Not all the time but, y'know, I maybe would now, if it was around. It's not my thing. Red wine and tequila is my thing now. I moved to LA and didn't know anyone there. I was just trying to make friends and these people I made friends with? I didn't realise, but they were all meth heads! And I'm from Illinois. The middle of the country and sheltered. I wasn't exposed to anything like that. So I didn't know that it was smoked out of a glass pipe. I didn't know anything about it, I thought that it was weed. I went to have some and right as I was doing it I realised that there was no weed in it. I was like, 'what is this?'. Then I was like, 'okay I'll try it'. I hated it. It was really unpleasant.
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