House of Style Podcast: Lulu Simon on Expressing Yourself When You Don’t Have the Words

Most people don’t struggle because they have nothing to say… they struggle because they don’t know how to say it.

That’s what this conversation with Lulu Simon gets to at its core.

How to Express Yourself When You Don’t Have the Words

Lulu grew up surrounded by music (the daughter of music icons Paul Simon and Edie Brickell!) but she didn’t step into it quickly, loudly, or entitled. She taught herself guitar in private, wrote songs no one heard, and slowly built a voice that feels completely her own. What’s interesting is nothing about it was forced. It was developed through instinct, taste, and a willingness to follow what felt real instead of what made sense on paper. That, coupled with a willingness to experiment, adjust, grow, and go at her own pace, makes her stylish as hell in our book.

In this episode, we talk about what it actually looks like to express yourself when you don’t have the words yet… and why that’s where the best work usually comes from.

What You’ll Take Away From This Episode

• How Lulu found her voice without trying to sound like anyone else
• Why “genre is a prison” and how labels can limit creativity
• The difference between making art for an audience vs. making it for yourself
• Writing through emotions you don’t fully understand yet
• Her song “Summer Dog” and what losing her childhood pet revealed about growing up, change, and letting go
• The pressure to constantly release vs. creating something that actually lasts
• Learning to trust your taste... even (or especially) when it doesn’t fit a box

There’s also a bigger theme running underneath all of this…

You can’t fake honesty.

People feel it when something is real, and they feel it when it’s not. And most of the time, the thing you’re trying to say doesn’t come out clean or perfect — it comes out messy, unclear, and unfinished.

But that’s the point.

That’s where your voice actually starts.

If you’re trying to figure out your style — whether that’s in music, work, or just how you live — this one’s for you.